looka_production_227243134 • April 1, 2026

What is the Texas SCORE Act and Is It Applicable to "Tech Injury" Outside of Government Action?


The Texas SCOPE ACT is formally known as the Texas Securing Children Online Through Parental Empowerment Act that regulates how certain digital providers interact with minors online.  It requires certain age checks, parental oversight tools, limits data use, restricts certain data collection, restricts the sharing of data, prohibits certain content, prohibits certain types of advertisement while providing other broad protections.


Online digital service "Providers" fall under this Act and thus subject to its regulations and penalties.  These digital Providers includes but not necessarily limited to entertainment providers that provide content or entertainment.  Its reach is generally and potentially broad.


It is important to note that the Provider must first know that they are interacting with a minor through age verification mechanisms and then at that time the above protections fall into play. 


The Texas SCOPE ACT is generally enforced by the Texas Attorney General with small openings for relief by the parents of minors harmed or whose protections were violated.  Parents can potentially seek injunctive or declaratory relief which aids in the the prevention or removal of continued violations but does not necessarily provide for private monetary damages.  Said another way, Tech Injury imposed or incurred by minors must rely on the government or seek limited relief.  It is still potentially open to debate and argument (based on outside law, precedent and equity) that a parent seeking injunctive or declaratory relief should likewise be able to recover attorney fees, costs (and potentially certain penalties) as they do not constitute monetary damages.  This in theory would assist in alleviating the costs to that parent.  Though open to possible construction the ability for a parent with an injured or harmed child to be able to recover attorney fees or costs could potentially be an avenue to stop any continuation of such injury or harm.


"People v. Tech"