§ 143A.001.Definitions

Six definitions, and the first is drawn to catch every way a platform can reduce reach.

"Censor" means to block, ban, remove, deplatform, demonetize, de-boost, restrict, deny equal access or visibility to, or otherwise discriminate against expression.

Nine verbs and a catch-all. The list reaches well beyond removal: demonetize and de-boost cover the ranking and revenue decisions that determine whether content is seen, which is where moderation mostly operates.

A platform that leaves a post up but shows it to nobody has censored it within this definition.

"Expression" is equally broad — any word, music, sound, still or moving image, number, or other perceivable communication.

"User" covers a person who posts, uploads, transmits, shares, or otherwise publishes or receives expression through the platform, and expressly includes a person whose account the platform has disabled or locked.

That last clause forecloses the argument that a banned user is no longer a user with standing to complain.

"Receive" is defined separately — to read, hear, look at, access, or gain access — which matters because the operative prohibition protects a user’s ability to receive another person’s expression as well as to publish their own.

"Unlawful expression" means expression unlawful under the federal or Texas Constitution or the laws of either, including expression that constitutes a tort. "Social media platform" takes its meaning from the Business & Commerce Code.