In one paragraph
Oklahoma's HB 3642 (2024) widens the child pornography definition used across the state's obscenity and child pornography laws to cover fabricated images. It now includes any visual depiction of a child that has been adapted, altered or modified so the child appears to be engaged in sexually explicit conduct, and any obscene visual depiction that appears to be a child in such conduct, whether it shows a real child, is a computer-generated image, or is an image altered to look like a child. The act also reaches viewing, accessing, sharing and streaming such material. Effective November 1, 2024.
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What it means for business
Creating or sharing AI-generated or digitally altered sexual images of children is prosecuted in Oklahoma as child pornography.
Key provisions
- 21 O.S. 1024.1: child pornography includes any visual depiction of a child that has been adapted, altered or modified so that the child appears to be engaged in sexually explicit conduct
- Also includes any obscene visual depiction that appears to be a child engaged in sexually explicit conduct, 'regardless of whether the image is a depiction of an actual child, a computer-generated image, or an image altered to appear to be a child'
- 21 O.S. 1021.2 now reaches persons who view, access, share or stream child pornography; each image is a separate item
- 21 O.S. 1040.12a: aggravated possession (100 or more items) remains punishable by up to life imprisonment and sex offender registration
- Effective November 1, 2024
Latest legislative action
Apr 23, 2024. Approved by Governor 04/23/2024
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