Texas § 98C.004 LIABILITY FOR ONLINE IMPERSONATION; EXCEPTION.

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§ 98C.004 — LIABILITY FOR ONLINE IMPERSONATION; EXCEPTION.

Texas § 98C.004

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Tex. Civil Practice and Remedies Code Code Ann. § 98C.004 (2026).

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Sec. 98C.004. LIABILITY FOR ONLINE IMPERSONATION; EXCEPTION.

(a)Except as provided by Subsection (b), a person is liable to another person injured by the person's online impersonation if:

(1)the person knowingly and with the intent to harm, defraud, intimidate, or threaten the injured person used the online impersonation to create a false identity; and

(2)the online impersonation is, to a reasonable person, virtually indistinguishable from an actual person.

(b)A person is not liable for an online impersonation of which a purpose is satire or parody.

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Sec. 98C.004. LIABILITY FOR ONLINE IMPERSONATION; EXCEPTION. (a) Except as provided by Subsection (b), a person is liable to another person injured by the person's online impersonation if:
(1) the person knowingly and with the intent to harm, defraud, intimidate, or threaten the injured person used the online impersonation to create a false identity; and
(2) the online impersonation is, to a reasonable person, virtually indistinguishable from an actual person.
(b) A person is not liable for an online impersonation of which a purpose is satire or parody.