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.
Melissa Ford Maldonado HB 4 Testimony | House Committee on Border Security
Chairman Birdwell, Vice Chair Flores, and Members of the Committee: Thank you for the opportunity to testify in support of HB 4. My name is Melissa Ford Maldonado, and I am a policy director for Secure & Sovereign Frontier, an initiative of the Texas Public Policy Foundation. Our campaign studies the ongoing crisis at the...