{
  "batch": "436-north-dakota-age-verification-as-it-lands-on-a-creator",
  "articles": [
    {
      "id": "learn_r436_north_dakota_age_verification_as_it_lands_on_a_creator_436_north_dakota_age_verification_as_it_lands_on_a_cre",
      "category": "Safety",
      "title": "[Unverified - being checked] N.D.C.C. 51-07-32: Age verification: news and intermediary exemptions",
      "summary": "[Unverified - being checked] N.D.C.C. 51-07-32(7)-(8) exempts bona fide news or public-interest broadcasts and reports, and provides that an internet service provider, search engine, cloud service provider or application store is not in violation solely for providing access to content it did not create.",
      "body": "N.D.C.C. 51-07-32(7)-(8) exempts bona fide news or public-interest broadcasts and reports, and provides that an internet service provider, search engine, cloud service provider or application store is not in violation solely for providing access to content it did not create.\n\nWhat North Dakota Legislative Branch (North Dakota Century Code) actually says:\n\n“7. This section does not apply to any bona fide news or public interest broadcast, website video, report, or event, and may not be construed to affect the rights of any newsgathering organization. 8. An internet service provider or its affiliates or subsidiaries, a search engine, a cloud service provider, or an application store, may not be held to have violated this section solely for providing access or connection to or from a website or other information or content on the internet or a facility, system, or network not under the provider's control, including transmission, downloading, intermediate storage, access software, or other forms of access or storage to the extent the provider is not responsible for the creation of the content of the communication that constitutes sexual material harmful to a minor.”\n\nNote: Source is the legislature's chapter PDF (ndlegis.gov); the verifier cannot read PDFs, quote checked by hand with pdftotext.",
      "source_type": "official",
      "source_link": "https://ndlegis.gov/cencode/t51c07.pdf",
      "last_verified": "2026-10-19",
      "reliability": "STRONG PRACTICE",
      "source_tier": "A",
      "source_publisher": "North Dakota Legislative Branch (North Dakota Century Code)",
      "evidence_quote": "7. This section does not apply to any bona fide news or public interest broadcast, website video, report, or event, and may not be construed to affect the rights of any newsgathering organization. 8. An internet service provider or its affiliates or subsidiaries, a search engine, a cloud service provider, or an application store, may not be held to have violated this section solely for providing access or connection to or from a website or other information or content on the internet or a facility, system, or network not under the provider's control, including transmission, downloading, intermediate storage, access software, or other forms of access or storage to the extent the provider is not responsible for the creation of the content of the communication that constitutes sexual material harmful to a minor.",
      "volatility": "low",
      "from_batch": "436-north-dakota-age-verification-as-it-lands-on-a-creator",
      "subject": "N.D.C.C. 51-07-32",
      "topic": "Age verification: news and intermediary exemptions",
      "applies_to_country": "US",
      "applies_to_scope": "ND",
      "tags": {
        "lane": "any",
        "stage": "setting_up",
        "region": [
          "us-nd"
        ],
        "platform": "any",
        "topic": [
          "unclassified"
        ],
        "explicitness": "any"
      },
      "verification": {
        "status": "unverified",
        "label": "Unverified - being checked",
        "reasons": [
          "legal_fetch_over_cap"
        ],
        "checked_utc": "20261021-123916Z"
      }
    }
  ]
}