As amended, House Bill 18—the Securing Children Online Through Parental Empowerment (SCOPE) Act (2023)—proposes to protect children from harmful, deceptive, or unfair trade practices in connection with the use of certain digital services. It provides enhanced online privacy protections, places a duty on digital service providers to limit access to harmful online content, and empowers parents with additional rights and tools to keep their children safe.
Don’t Leave Kids Home Alone With AI
At the beginning of Home Alone, Kevin McCallister is not dreaming of independence or adventure. He is frustrated, overlooked, and angry enough to wish his family would simply disappear. It is a familiar childhood impulse, played for laughs and quickly resolved by the warmth of family reunion. But in today’s Texas households, new artificial intelligence tools...