Social Media

HB 186 missed a key procedural deadline Wednesday night, halting one of the nation’s most aggressive social media restrictions for minors.

The Texas Legislature has already passed a bill requiring age verification to download apps and is seriously considering another to ban children from social media.

A jury found last week X — then known as Twitter — willfully infringed on part of a patent for technology in its development and operation of Vine and Periscope.

Another ban on TikTok could be on the horizon. On April 5, President Trump’s executive order pausing the ban of TikTok is set to expire.

The People's Union USA, a grassroots group, is calling on Americans to join a national boycott by not shopping for 24 hours on Friday.

HB 18, which took effect last year, requires social media platforms to register users' ages and restrict certain content and practices if the user is under 18. An Austin federal judge previously blocked the state from enforcing parts of the law over First Amendment concerns.

The attorney general argues that the social media company violated the Texas Deceptive Trade Practices Act by listing itself as appropriate for children.

Council member Chris Nettles appears to have called Mayor Mattie Parker and other council members racist in a leaked audio clip from December 2022.

Another child was shown sexually explicit material by the app for years before their parents found out.

YouTube sensation Aurikatariina has over a billion views from cleaning houses all over the world for free – and now she’s coming to Texas.

Days after the Texas House GOP caucus backed Cook, Abbott made clear that he expects Republican representatives to do the same.

TikTok has been facing down a January divest-or-be-banned deadline. The company filed a lawsuit challenging the law, which was heard before a federal appeals court in Washington, D.C.