{ "batch": "361-mississippi-privacy-and-image-law-for-creators", "articles": [ { "id": "learn_r361_mississippi_privacy_and_image_law_for_creators_361_mississippi_privacy_and_image_law_for_creators_ncii", "category": "Safety", "title": "[Unverified - being checked] Mississippi 2021 SB 2121: Unlawful disclosure of intimate visual material", "summary": "[Unverified - being checked] SB 2121 (2021) makes it an offence to disclose visual material showing another person's intimate parts or sexual conduct, without effective consent and with intent to harm, where the material was obtained under a reasonable expectation of privacy and the person is identifiable.", "body": "SB 2121 (2021) makes it an offence to disclose visual material showing another person's intimate parts or sexual conduct, without effective consent and with intent to harm, where the material was obtained under a reasonable expectation of privacy and the person is identifiable.\n\nWhat Mississippi Legislature (bill text) actually says:\n\n“Without the effective consent of the depicted person and with the intent to harm the depicted person, the offender discloses visual material depicting another person with the depicted person's intimate parts exposed or engaged in sexual conduct;”\n\nNote: Enacted 2021 (history: approved by Governor). Text comes from the Legislature's own bill document, which prints the Code section; check the Code for later amendments.", "source_type": "official", "source_link": "https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2021/html/SB/2100-2199/SB2121SG.htm", "last_verified": "2026-10-18", "reliability": "VERIFIED RULE", "source_tier": "A", "source_publisher": "Mississippi Legislature (bill text)", "evidence_quote": "Without the effective consent of the depicted person and with the intent to harm the depicted person, the offender discloses visual material depicting another person with the depicted person's intimate parts exposed or engaged in sexual conduct;", "volatility": "low", "from_batch": "361-mississippi-privacy-and-image-law-for-creators", "subject": "Mississippi 2021 SB 2121", "topic": "Unlawful disclosure of intimate visual material", "applies_to_country": "US", "applies_to_scope": "MS", "tags": { "lane": "any", "stage": "setting_up", "region": [ "us-ms" ], "platform": "any", "topic": [ "unclassified" ], "explicitness": "any" }, "verification": { "status": "failed", "label": "Unverified - being checked", "reasons": [ "legal_fetch_over_cap", "deferred_state_uncorroborated:us-ms" ], "checked_utc": "20261021-123916Z" } }, { "id": "learn_r361_mississippi_privacy_and_image_law_for_creators_361_mississippi_privacy_and_image_law_for_creators_ncii_consen", "category": "Safety", "title": "[Unverified - being checked] Mississippi 2021 SB 2121: Creating or sending the image is no defense", "summary": "[Unverified - being checked] It is not a defense that the depicted person created or consented to the creation of the visual material, or voluntarily sent it to the actor.", "body": "It is not a defense that the depicted person created or consented to the creation of the visual material, or voluntarily sent it to the actor.\n\nWhat Mississippi Legislature (bill text) actually says:\n\n“It is not a defense to prosecution under this section that the depicted person: (a) Created or consented to the creation of the visual material; or (b) Voluntarily transmitted the visual material to the actor.”\n\nNote: Matters to a creator whose own content is re-posted by a third party: it is still an offence if the other elements are met. Text comes from the Legislature's own bill document, which prints the Code section; check the Code for later amendments.", "source_type": "official", "source_link": "https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2021/html/SB/2100-2199/SB2121SG.htm", "last_verified": "2026-10-18", "reliability": "VERIFIED RULE", "source_tier": "A", "source_publisher": "Mississippi Legislature (bill text)", "evidence_quote": "It is not a defense to prosecution under this section that the depicted person: (a) Created or consented to the creation of the visual material; or (b) Voluntarily transmitted the visual material to the actor.", "volatility": "low", "from_batch": "361-mississippi-privacy-and-image-law-for-creators", "subject": "Mississippi 2021 SB 2121", "topic": "Creating or sending the image is no defense", "applies_to_country": "US", "applies_to_scope": "MS", "tags": { "lane": "any", "stage": "setting_up", "region": [ "us-ms" ], "platform": "any", "topic": [ "unclassified" ], "explicitness": "any" }, "verification": { "status": "failed", "label": "Unverified - being checked", "reasons": [ "legal_fetch_over_cap", "deferred_state_uncorroborated:us-ms" ], "checked_utc": "20261021-123916Z" } }, { "id": "learn_r361_mississippi_privacy_and_image_law_for_creators_361_mississippi_privacy_and_image_law_for_creators_ncii_threat", "category": "Safety", "title": "[Unverified - being checked] Mississippi 2021 SB 2121: Threatening to disclose (sextortion)", "summary": "[Unverified - being checked] Intentionally threatening to disclose such material to obtain a benefit, in return for not disclosing, is an offence.", "body": "Intentionally threatening to disclose such material to obtain a benefit, in return for not disclosing, is an offence.\n\nWhat Mississippi Legislature (bill text) actually says:\n\n“A person commits an offense if the offender intentionally threatens to disclose, without the consent of the depicted person, visual material depicting another person with the depicted person's intimate parts exposed or engaged in sexual conduct and the offender makes the threat to obtain a benefit: (a) In return for not making the disclosure; or (b) In connection with the threatened disclosure.”\n\nNote: Text comes from the Legislature's own bill document, which prints the Code section; check the Code for later amendments.", "source_type": "official", "source_link": "https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2021/html/SB/2100-2199/SB2121SG.htm", "last_verified": "2026-10-18", "reliability": "VERIFIED RULE", "source_tier": "A", "source_publisher": "Mississippi Legislature (bill text)", "evidence_quote": "A person commits an offense if the offender intentionally threatens to disclose, without the consent of the depicted person, visual material depicting another person with the depicted person's intimate parts exposed or engaged in sexual conduct and the offender makes the threat to obtain a benefit: (a) In return for not making the disclosure; or (b) In connection with the threatened disclosure.", "volatility": "low", "from_batch": "361-mississippi-privacy-and-image-law-for-creators", "subject": "Mississippi 2021 SB 2121", "topic": "Threatening to disclose (sextortion)", "applies_to_country": "US", "applies_to_scope": "MS", "tags": { "lane": "any", "stage": "setting_up", "region": [ "us-ms" ], "platform": "any", "topic": [ "unclassified" ], "explicitness": "any" }, "verification": { "status": "failed", "label": "Unverified - being checked", "reasons": [ "legal_fetch_over_cap", "deferred_state_uncorroborated:us-ms" ], "checked_utc": "20261021-123916Z" } }, { "id": "learn_r361_mississippi_privacy_and_image_law_for_creators_361_mississippi_privacy_and_image_law_for_creators_ncii_site", "category": "Safety", "title": "[Unverified - being checked] Mississippi 2021 SB 2121: Promoting the material on a website the offender runs", "summary": "[Unverified - being checked] A person who, knowing the character and content, promotes such material on an internet website or forum the offender owns or operates commits an offence.", "body": "A person who, knowing the character and content, promotes such material on an internet website or forum the offender owns or operates commits an offence.\n\nWhat Mississippi Legislature (bill text) actually says:\n\n“the offender promotes visual material described by subsection (1) of this section on an internet website or other forum for publication that is owned or operated by the offender.”\n\nNote: Text comes from the Legislature's own bill document, which prints the Code section; check the Code for later amendments.", "source_type": "official", "source_link": "https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2021/html/SB/2100-2199/SB2121SG.htm", "last_verified": "2026-10-18", "reliability": "VERIFIED RULE", "source_tier": "A", "source_publisher": "Mississippi Legislature (bill text)", "evidence_quote": "the offender promotes visual material described by subsection (1) of this section on an internet website or other forum for publication that is owned or operated by the offender.", "volatility": "low", "from_batch": "361-mississippi-privacy-and-image-law-for-creators", "subject": "Mississippi 2021 SB 2121", "topic": "Promoting the material on a website the offender runs", "applies_to_country": "US", "applies_to_scope": "MS", "tags": { "lane": "any", "stage": "setting_up", "region": [ "us-ms" ], "platform": "any", "topic": [ "unclassified" ], "explicitness": "any" }, "verification": { "status": "failed", "label": "Unverified - being checked", "reasons": [ "legal_fetch_over_cap", "deferred_state_uncorroborated:us-ms" ], "checked_utc": "20261021-123916Z" } }, { "id": "learn_r361_mississippi_privacy_and_image_law_for_creators_361_mississippi_privacy_and_image_law_for_creators_ncii_public", "category": "Safety", "title": "[Unverified - being checked] Mississippi 2021 SB 2121: Affirmative defense: voluntary public or commercial exposure", "summary": "[Unverified - being checked] It is an affirmative defense that the material shows, in a public or commercial setting only, a person's voluntary exposure of their intimate parts or sexual conduct.", "body": "It is an affirmative defense that the material shows, in a public or commercial setting only, a person's voluntary exposure of their intimate parts or sexual conduct.\n\nWhat Mississippi Legislature (bill text) actually says:\n\n“The disclosure or promotion consists of visual material depicting in a public or commercial setting only a person's voluntary exposure of: (i) The person's intimate parts; or (ii) The person engaging in sexual conduct.”\n\nNote: Relevant to adult creators: content made for commercial release is within this defense for the disclosure offence. Text comes from the Legislature's own bill document, which prints the Code section; check the Code for later amendments.", "source_type": "official", "source_link": "https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2021/html/SB/2100-2199/SB2121SG.htm", "last_verified": "2026-10-18", "reliability": "VERIFIED RULE", "source_tier": "A", "source_publisher": "Mississippi Legislature (bill text)", "evidence_quote": "The disclosure or promotion consists of visual material depicting in a public or commercial setting only a person's voluntary exposure of: (i) The person's intimate parts; or (ii) The person engaging in sexual conduct.", "volatility": "low", "from_batch": "361-mississippi-privacy-and-image-law-for-creators", "subject": "Mississippi 2021 SB 2121", "topic": "Affirmative defense: voluntary public or commercial exposure", "applies_to_country": "US", "applies_to_scope": "MS", "tags": { "lane": "any", "stage": "setting_up", "region": [ "us-ms" ], "platform": "any", "topic": [ "unclassified" ], "explicitness": "any" }, "verification": { "status": "failed", "label": "Unverified - being checked", "reasons": [ "legal_fetch_over_cap", "deferred_state_uncorroborated:us-ms" ], "checked_utc": "20261021-123916Z" } }, { "id": "learn_r361_mississippi_privacy_and_image_law_for_creators_361_mississippi_privacy_and_image_law_for_creators_ncii_pen", "category": "Safety", "title": "[Unverified - being checked] Mississippi 2021 SB 2121: Intimate-image disclosure: penalties", "summary": "[Unverified - being checked] A first offence is a misdemeanor (up to six months and/or $1,000); a second offence, or any offence committed for financial profit, is a felony.", "body": "A first offence is a misdemeanor (up to six months and/or $1,000); a second offence, or any offence committed for financial profit, is a felony.\n\nWhat Mississippi Legislature (bill text) actually says:\n\n“A first offense under this section is a misdemeanor and, upon conviction, shall be punished by imprisonment in the county jail not exceeding six (6) months or by a fine not exceeding One Thousand Dollars ($1,000.00), or both.”\n\nNote: Text comes from the Legislature's own bill document, which prints the Code section; check the Code for later amendments.", "source_type": "official", "source_link": "https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2021/html/SB/2100-2199/SB2121SG.htm", "last_verified": "2026-10-18", "reliability": "VERIFIED RULE", "source_tier": "A", "source_publisher": "Mississippi Legislature (bill text)", "evidence_quote": "A first offense under this section is a misdemeanor and, upon conviction, shall be punished by imprisonment in the county jail not exceeding six (6) months or by a fine not exceeding One Thousand Dollars ($1,000.00), or both.", "volatility": "medium", "from_batch": "361-mississippi-privacy-and-image-law-for-creators", "subject": "Mississippi 2021 SB 2121", "topic": "Intimate-image disclosure: penalties", "applies_to_country": "US", "applies_to_scope": "MS", "tags": { "lane": "any", "stage": "setting_up", "region": [ "us-ms" ], "platform": "any", "topic": [ "unclassified" ], "explicitness": "any" }, "verification": { "status": "failed", "label": "Unverified - being checked", "reasons": [ "legal_fetch_over_cap", "deferred_state_uncorroborated:us-ms" ], "checked_utc": "20261021-123916Z" } }, { "id": "learn_r361_mississippi_privacy_and_image_law_for_creators_361_mississippi_privacy_and_image_law_for_creators_morph", "category": "Safety", "title": "[Unverified - being checked] Miss. Code 97-5-31: Morphed images of minors (AI-edited)", "summary": "[Unverified - being checked] Since the 2024 Walker Montgomery Act, 'morphed image' means a computer-generated or edited visual depiction of sexually explicit conduct that has been created, adapted or modified to appear to show a minor; child exploitation covers morphed depictions.", "body": "Since the 2024 Walker Montgomery Act, 'morphed image' means a computer-generated or edited visual depiction of sexually explicit conduct that has been created, adapted or modified to appear to show a minor; child exploitation covers morphed depictions.\n\nWhat Mississippi Legislature (bill text) actually says:\n\n“means any visual depiction or representation, including any photograph, film, video, picture, or computer or computer-generated image or picture, whether made or produced by electronic, mechanical, simulated or other means, of sexually explicit conduct, where such visual depiction or representation has been created, adapted, or modified”\n\nNote: Applies to AI or edited images of minors only; adults are not covered by this definition. Text comes from the Legislature's own bill document, which prints the Code section; check the Code for later amendments.", "source_type": "official", "source_link": "https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2025/html/HB/1300-1399/HB1308SG.htm", "last_verified": "2026-10-18", "reliability": "VERIFIED RULE", "source_tier": "A", "source_publisher": "Mississippi Legislature (bill text)", "evidence_quote": "means any visual depiction or representation, including any photograph, film, video, picture, or computer or computer-generated image or picture, whether made or produced by electronic, mechanical, simulated or other means, of sexually explicit conduct, where such visual depiction or representation has been created, adapted, or modified", "volatility": "low", "from_batch": "361-mississippi-privacy-and-image-law-for-creators", "subject": "Miss. Code 97-5-31", "topic": "Morphed images of minors (AI-edited)", "applies_to_country": "US", "applies_to_scope": "MS", "tags": { "lane": "any", "stage": "setting_up", "region": [ "us-ms" ], "platform": "any", "topic": [ "unclassified" ], "explicitness": "any" }, "verification": { "status": "failed", "label": "Unverified - being checked", "reasons": [ "legal_fetch_over_cap", "deferred_state_uncorroborated:us-ms" ], "checked_utc": "20261021-123916Z" } }, { "id": "learn_r361_mississippi_privacy_and_image_law_for_creators_361_mississippi_privacy_and_image_law_for_creators_s61", "category": "Safety", "title": "[Unverified - being checked] Miss. Code 97-29-61: Voyeurism: viewing into private areas", "summary": "[Unverified - being checked] Miss. Code 97-29-61(1)(b): viewing, by any means including a camera or drone, the interior of a bedroom, bathroom, changing room, spa or any area where the occupant has a reasonable expectation of privacy, without consent, for a lewd purpose, is a felony.", "body": "Miss. Code 97-29-61(1)(b): viewing, by any means including a camera or drone, the interior of a bedroom, bathroom, changing room, spa or any area where the occupant has a reasonable expectation of privacy, without consent, for a lewd purpose, is a felony.\n\nWhat Mississippi Legislature (bill text) actually says:\n\n“Any person who looks through a window, hole or opening, or otherwise views by means of any instrumentality, including, but not limited to, a periscope, telescope, binoculars, drones, camera, motion-picture camera, camcorder or mobile phone, into the interior of a bedroom, bathroom, changing room, fitting room, dressing room, spa, massage room or therapy room or tanning booth, or the interior of any other area in which the occupant has a reasonable expectation of privacy, with the intent to invade the privacy of a person or persons inside and without the consent or knowledge of every person present, for the lewd, licentious and indecent purpose of spying upon the occupant or occupants thereof, shall be guilty of a felony.”\n\nNote: Text comes from the Legislature's own bill document, which prints the Code section; check the Code for later amendments.", "source_type": "official", "source_link": "https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2015/html/SB/2001-2099/SB2022SG.htm", "last_verified": "2026-10-18", "reliability": "VERIFIED RULE", "source_tier": "A", "source_publisher": "Mississippi Legislature (bill text)", "evidence_quote": "Any person who looks through a window, hole or opening, or otherwise views by means of any instrumentality, including, but not limited to, a periscope, telescope, binoculars, drones, camera, motion-picture camera, camcorder or mobile phone, into the interior of a bedroom, bathroom, changing room, fitting room, dressing room, spa, massage room or therapy room or tanning booth, or the interior of any other area in which the occupant has a reasonable expectation of privacy, with the intent to invade the privacy of a person or persons inside and without the consent or knowledge of every person present, for the lewd, licentious and indecent purpose of spying upon the occupant or occupants thereof, shall be guilty of a felony.", "volatility": "low", "from_batch": "361-mississippi-privacy-and-image-law-for-creators", "subject": "Miss. Code 97-29-61", "topic": "Voyeurism: viewing into private areas", "applies_to_country": "US", "applies_to_scope": "MS", "tags": { "lane": "any", "stage": "setting_up", "region": [ "us-ms" ], "platform": "any", "topic": [ "unclassified" ], "explicitness": "any" }, "verification": { "status": "failed", "label": "Unverified - being checked", "reasons": [ "legal_fetch_over_cap", "deferred_state_uncorroborated:us-ms" ], "checked_utc": "20261021-123916Z" } }, { "id": "learn_r361_mississippi_privacy_and_image_law_for_creators_361_mississippi_privacy_and_image_law_for_creators_s63a", "category": "Safety", "title": "[Unverified - being checked] Miss. Code 97-29-63: Secretly photographing or filming a person where privacy is expected", "summary": "[Unverified - being checked] Miss. Code 97-29-63(1)(a) reaches secretly photographing, filming or recording a person without permission where the person is in a place of undress with a reasonable expectation of privacy (dwelling, restroom, shower, locker, fitting or dressing room, bedroom); it is a felony.", "body": "Miss. Code 97-29-63(1)(a) reaches secretly photographing, filming or recording a person without permission where the person is in a place of undress with a reasonable expectation of privacy (dwelling, restroom, shower, locker, fitting or dressing room, bedroom); it is a felony.\n\nWhat Mississippi Legislature (bill text) actually says:\n\n“the other person is located in a place where a person would intend to be in a state of undress and have a reasonable expectation of privacy, including, but not limited to, private dwellings or any facility, public or private, used as a restroom, bathroom, shower room, tanning booth, locker room, fitting room, dressing room or bedroom”\n\nNote: Text comes from the Legislature's own bill document, which prints the Code section; check the Code for later amendments.", "source_type": "official", "source_link": "https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2015/html/SB/2001-2099/SB2022SG.htm", "last_verified": "2026-10-18", "reliability": "VERIFIED RULE", "source_tier": "A", "source_publisher": "Mississippi Legislature (bill text)", "evidence_quote": "the other person is located in a place where a person would intend to be in a state of undress and have a reasonable expectation of privacy, including, but not limited to, private dwellings or any facility, public or private, used as a restroom, bathroom, shower room, tanning booth, locker room, fitting room, dressing room or bedroom", "volatility": "low", "from_batch": "361-mississippi-privacy-and-image-law-for-creators", "subject": "Miss. Code 97-29-63", "topic": "Secretly photographing or filming a person where privacy is expected", "applies_to_country": "US", "applies_to_scope": "MS", "tags": { "lane": "any", "stage": "setting_up", "region": [ "us-ms" ], "platform": "any", "topic": [ "unclassified" ], "explicitness": "any" }, "verification": { "status": "failed", "label": "Unverified - being checked", "reasons": [ "legal_fetch_over_cap", "deferred_state_uncorroborated:us-ms" ], "checked_utc": "20261021-123916Z" } }, { "id": "learn_r361_mississippi_privacy_and_image_law_for_creators_361_mississippi_privacy_and_image_law_for_creators_s63b", "category": "Safety", "title": "[Unverified - being checked] Miss. Code 97-29-63: Upskirt-type recording", "summary": "[Unverified - being checked] Miss. Code 97-29-63(1)(b) makes it a felony to invade another's privacy and, with lewd intent, photograph or record an identifiable person under or through their clothing without consent.", "body": "Miss. Code 97-29-63(1)(b) makes it a felony to invade another's privacy and, with lewd intent, photograph or record an identifiable person under or through their clothing without consent.\n\nWhat Mississippi Legislature (bill text) actually says:\n\n“It is a felony for any person to invade the privacy of another person and with lewd, licentious or indecent intent to photograph, film, videotape, record or otherwise reproduce the image of another, identifiable person under or through the clothing being worn by that other person for the purpose of viewing the body of, or the undergarments worn by, the other person without the consent or knowledge of the other person and under circumstances in which the other person has a reasonable expectation that the other person's body or undergarments would not be viewed or would not be the subject of a reproduced image.”\n\nNote: Text comes from the Legislature's own bill document, which prints the Code section; check the Code for later amendments.", "source_type": "official", "source_link": "https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2015/html/SB/2001-2099/SB2022SG.htm", "last_verified": "2026-10-18", "reliability": "VERIFIED RULE", "source_tier": "A", "source_publisher": "Mississippi Legislature (bill text)", "evidence_quote": "It is a felony for any person to invade the privacy of another person and with lewd, licentious or indecent intent to photograph, film, videotape, record or otherwise reproduce the image of another, identifiable person under or through the clothing being worn by that other person for the purpose of viewing the body of, or the undergarments worn by, the other person without the consent or knowledge of the other person and under circumstances in which the other person has a reasonable expectation that the other person's body or undergarments would not be viewed or would not be the subject of a reproduced image.", "volatility": "low", "from_batch": "361-mississippi-privacy-and-image-law-for-creators", "subject": "Miss. Code 97-29-63", "topic": "Upskirt-type recording", "applies_to_country": "US", "applies_to_scope": "MS", "tags": { "lane": "any", "stage": "setting_up", "region": [ "us-ms" ], "platform": "any", "topic": [ "unclassified" ], "explicitness": "any" }, "verification": { "status": "failed", "label": "Unverified - being checked", "reasons": [ "legal_fetch_over_cap", "deferred_state_uncorroborated:us-ms" ], "checked_utc": "20261021-123916Z" } }, { "id": "learn_r361_mississippi_privacy_and_image_law_for_creators_361_mississippi_privacy_and_image_law_for_creators_s63pen", "category": "Safety", "title": "[Unverified - being checked] Miss. Code 97-29-63: Secret recording: penalty", "summary": "[Unverified - being checked] Miss. Code 97-29-63(2)(a): an offender over 21 is punished by a fine of $5,000, up to five years in the Department of Corrections, or both.", "body": "Miss. Code 97-29-63(2)(a): an offender over 21 is punished by a fine of $5,000, up to five years in the Department of Corrections, or both.\n\nWhat Mississippi Legislature (bill text) actually says:\n\n“a person who was over the age of twenty-one (21) at the time of the offense who is convicted of a violation of subsection (1) of this section shall be punished by a fine of Five Thousand Dollars ($5,000.00) or by imprisonment of not more than five (5) years in the custody of the Department of Corrections, or both.”\n\nNote: Penalty as printed in the 2015 bill (SB 2022, as sent to the Governor).", "source_type": "official", "source_link": "https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2015/html/SB/2001-2099/SB2022SG.htm", "last_verified": "2026-10-18", "reliability": "VERIFIED RULE", "source_tier": "A", "source_publisher": "Mississippi Legislature (bill text)", "evidence_quote": "a person who was over the age of twenty-one (21) at the time of the offense who is convicted of a violation of subsection (1) of this section shall be punished by a fine of Five Thousand Dollars ($5,000.00) or by imprisonment of not more than five (5) years in the custody of the Department of Corrections, or both.", "volatility": "medium", "from_batch": "361-mississippi-privacy-and-image-law-for-creators", "subject": "Miss. Code 97-29-63", "topic": "Secret recording: penalty", "applies_to_country": "US", "applies_to_scope": "MS", "tags": { "lane": "any", "stage": "setting_up", "region": [ "us-ms" ], "platform": "any", "topic": [ "unclassified" ], "explicitness": "any" }, "verification": { "status": "failed", "label": "Unverified - being checked", "reasons": [ "legal_fetch_over_cap", "deferred_state_uncorroborated:us-ms" ], "checked_utc": "20261021-123916Z" } }, { "id": "learn_r361_mississippi_privacy_and_image_law_for_creators_361_mississippi_privacy_and_image_law_for_creators_s531e", "category": "Safety", "title": "[Unverified - being checked] Miss. Code 41-29-531: Recording a conversation you are part of", "summary": "[Unverified - being checked] Miss. Code 41-29-531(e): a person not acting under color of law may intercept a wire, oral or other communication if they are a party to it or one party has given prior consent, unless done to commit a criminal or tortious act.", "body": "Miss. Code 41-29-531(e): a person not acting under color of law may intercept a wire, oral or other communication if they are a party to it or one party has given prior consent, unless done to commit a criminal or tortious act.\n\nWhat Mississippi Legislature (bill text) actually says:\n\n“A person not acting under color of law who intercepts a wire, oral or other communication if the person is a party to the communication, or if one (1) of the parties to the communication has given prior consent to the interception unless the communication is intercepted for the purpose of committing any criminal or tortious act in violation of the Constitution or laws of the United States or of this state, or for the purpose of committing any other injurious act.”\n\nNote: The bill 'brings forward' this section without change, so the printed text is the section as it stood then.", "source_type": "official", "source_link": "https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2024/html/HB/0500-0599/HB0593IN.htm", "last_verified": "2026-10-18", "reliability": "VERIFIED RULE", "source_tier": "A", "source_publisher": "Mississippi Legislature (bill text)", "evidence_quote": "A person not acting under color of law who intercepts a wire, oral or other communication if the person is a party to the communication, or if one (1) of the parties to the communication has given prior consent to the interception unless the communication is intercepted for the purpose of committing any criminal or tortious act in violation of the Constitution or laws of the United States or of this state, or for the purpose of committing any other injurious act.", "volatility": "low", "from_batch": "361-mississippi-privacy-and-image-law-for-creators", "subject": "Miss. Code 41-29-531", "topic": "Recording a conversation you are part of", "applies_to_country": "US", "applies_to_scope": "MS", "tags": { "lane": "any", "stage": "setting_up", "region": [ "us-ms" ], "platform": "any", "topic": [ "unclassified" ], "explicitness": "any" }, "verification": { "status": "failed", "label": "Unverified - being checked", "reasons": [ "legal_fetch_over_cap", "deferred_state_uncorroborated:us-ms" ], "checked_utc": "20261021-123916Z" } }, { "id": "learn_r361_mississippi_privacy_and_image_law_for_creators_361_mississippi_privacy_and_image_law_for_creators_nodeepfake", "category": "Safety", "title": "[Unverified - being checked] Mississippi 2025 SB 2437: No enacted adult sexual-deepfake statute found", "summary": "[Unverified - being checked] SB 2437 (2025), the 'Prohibition of Exploitation by Deepfakes Act', was introduced but died in committee, so no Mississippi statute specifically criminalises sexual deepfakes of adults; the morphed-image rule covers minors only.", "body": "SB 2437 (2025), the 'Prohibition of Exploitation by Deepfakes Act', was introduced but died in committee, so no Mississippi statute specifically criminalises sexual deepfakes of adults; the morphed-image rule covers minors only.\n\nWhat Mississippi Legislature (bill text) actually says:\n\n“TO PROHIBIT USE OF AN INTERACTIVE COMPUTER SERVICE TO PUBLISH A MORPHED IMAGE OF AN IDENTIFIABLE INDIVIDUAL IN CERTAIN CIRCUMSTANCES”\n\nNote: ABSENCE RECORD (inferred from an index/listing or page that does not mention it, not from operative text). Index searched: Bill history for 2025 SB 2437 on billstatus.ls.state.ms.us shows 'Died In Committee'; searched introduced and enacted bill documents for 2021-2026 for 'deepfake' and 'digitally altered'.", "source_type": "official", "source_link": "https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2025/html/SB/2400-2499/SB2437IN.htm", "last_verified": "2026-10-18", "reliability": "STRONG PRACTICE", "source_tier": "A", "source_publisher": "Mississippi Legislature (bill text)", "evidence_quote": "TO PROHIBIT USE OF AN INTERACTIVE COMPUTER SERVICE TO PUBLISH A MORPHED IMAGE OF AN IDENTIFIABLE INDIVIDUAL IN CERTAIN CIRCUMSTANCES", "volatility": "medium", "from_batch": "361-mississippi-privacy-and-image-law-for-creators", "subject": "Mississippi 2025 SB 2437", "topic": "No enacted adult sexual-deepfake statute found", "applies_to_country": "US", "applies_to_scope": "MS", "tags": { "lane": "any", "stage": "setting_up", "region": [ "us-ms" ], "platform": "any", "topic": [ "unclassified" ], "explicitness": "any" }, "verification": { "status": "failed", "label": "Unverified - being checked", "reasons": [ "legal_fetch_over_cap", "deferred_state_uncorroborated:us-ms" ], "checked_utc": "20261021-123916Z" } } ] }