TEXAS – The SCOPE Act, which stands for the Securing Children Online Through Parental Empowerment Act, is a piece of U.S. legislation introduced to enhance consumer protections against harmful online ...

As we’ve discussed previously, youth privacy continues to be an enforcement priority for many state attorneys general across the country, and Texas is no exception. In 2023, Texas passed the Securing ...

A new Texas law that went into effect Sept. 1 gives parents influence over how much access their children can have on social media. However, a federal judge in Texas temporarily suspended parts of the ...

AUSTIN, Texas (KTRK) -- Texas is looking to crack down on how social media handles teens, but a new law that went into effect this week will have to wait longer to see if it works. On Friday, Federal ...

AUSTIN, Texas — Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton announced that his office has launched investigations into 15 tech companies over safety practices in compliance with the Securing Children Online ...

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton has filed a lawsuit against the social media platform TikTok, according to a news release Thursday. In the lawsuit, Paxton claims that TikTok violated the Securing ...

A federal judge has ruled that social media companies can’t be required to block certain types of content from teens. The ruling will prevent some aspects of a controversial social media law in Texas ...