{ "batch": "451-wyoming-privacy-and-image-law-for-creators", "articles": [ { "id": "learn_r451_wyoming_privacy_and_image_law_for_creators_451_wyoming_privacy_and_image_law_for_creators_anchor_t6", "category": "Safety", "title": "[Unverified - being checked] Wyoming Statutes: Title 6 - Crimes and Offenses (anchor)", "summary": "[Unverified - being checked] The Wyoming Legislative Service Office (wyoleg.gov) publishes the Wyoming Statutes by title; Title 6 - Crimes and Offenses holds the Wyoming Criminal Code, including the intimate-image offences at 6-4-306 and 6-4-307 and stalking at 6-2-506. The compiled title text is the PDF at wyoleg.gov/statutes/compress/title06.pdf, which opens with the heading 'TITLE 6 - CRIMES AND OFFENSES'.", "body": "The Wyoming Legislative Service Office (wyoleg.gov) publishes the Wyoming Statutes by title; Title 6 - Crimes and Offenses holds the Wyoming Criminal Code, including the intimate-image offences at 6-4-306 and 6-4-307 and stalking at 6-2-506. The compiled title text is the PDF at wyoleg.gov/statutes/compress/title06.pdf, which opens with the heading 'TITLE 6 - CRIMES AND OFFENSES'.\n\nWhat Wyoming Legislative Service Office (Wyoming Statutes on wyoleg.gov) actually says:\n\n“TITLE 6 - CRIMES AND OFFENSES CHAPTER 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS”\n\nNote: Anchor record: the legislature's own statute site. The title is published there as a PDF; the HTML page wyoleg.gov/stateStatutes/StatutesDownload is a script-rendered shell with no statute text.", "source_type": "official", "source_link": "https://wyoleg.gov/statutes/compress/title06.pdf", "last_verified": "2026-10-18", "reliability": "STRONG PRACTICE", "source_tier": "A", "source_publisher": "Wyoming Legislative Service Office (Wyoming Statutes on wyoleg.gov)", "evidence_quote": "TITLE 6 - CRIMES AND OFFENSES CHAPTER 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS", "volatility": "low", "from_batch": "451-wyoming-privacy-and-image-law-for-creators", "subject": "Wyoming Statutes", "topic": "Title 6 - Crimes and Offenses (anchor)", "applies_to_country": "US", "applies_to_scope": "WY", "tags": { "lane": "any", "stage": "setting_up", "region": [ "us-wy" ], "platform": "any", "topic": [ "unclassified" ], "explicitness": "any" }, "verification": { "status": "failed", "label": "Unverified - being checked", "reasons": [ "legal_fetch_over_cap", "deferred_state_uncorroborated:us-wy" ], "checked_utc": "20261021-123916Z" } }, { "id": "learn_r451_wyoming_privacy_and_image_law_for_creators_451_wyoming_privacy_and_image_law_for_creators_s306b", "category": "Safety", "title": "[Unverified - being checked] W.S. 6-4-306: Unlawful dissemination of intimate images: elements", "summary": "[Unverified - being checked] W.S. 6-4-306(b): a person 18 or older is guilty of disseminating an intimate image if they disseminated an intimate image of another person, knew or should have known the person had a reasonable expectation it would remain private and did not expressly consent, and intended to humiliate, harm, harass, threaten or coerce, or for sexual gratification or arousal of others or of the disseminator.", "body": "W.S. 6-4-306(b): a person 18 or older is guilty of disseminating an intimate image if they disseminated an intimate image of another person, knew or should have known the person had a reasonable expectation it would remain private and did not expressly consent, and intended to humiliate, harm, harass, threaten or coerce, or for sexual gratification or arousal of others or of the disseminator.\n\nWhat Wyoming Legislative Service Office (Wyoming Statutes on wyoleg.gov) actually says:\n\n“A person eighteen (18) years of age or older is guilty of the offense of disseminating an intimate image if the person: (i) Disseminated an intimate image of another person; (ii) Knew or should have known that the depicted person had a reasonable expectation that the image would remain private and the depicted person did not expressly give consent for the image's dissemination; and (iii) Intended: (A) To humiliate, harm, harass, threaten or coerce another; or (B) For sexual gratification or arousal of others or of the person disseminating the intimate image.”\n\nNote: The depicted person's express consent to dissemination is the line for a creator who distributes content featuring someone else.", "source_type": "official", "source_link": "https://wyoleg.gov/statutes/compress/title06.pdf", "last_verified": "2026-10-18", "reliability": "STRONG PRACTICE", "source_tier": "A", "source_publisher": "Wyoming Legislative Service Office (Wyoming Statutes on wyoleg.gov)", "evidence_quote": "A person eighteen (18) years of age or older is guilty of the offense of disseminating an intimate image if the person: (i) Disseminated an intimate image of another person; (ii) Knew or should have known that the depicted person had a reasonable expectation that the image would remain private and the depicted person did not expressly give consent for the image's dissemination; and (iii) Intended: (A) To humiliate, harm, harass, threaten or coerce another; or (B) For sexual gratification or arousal of others or of the person disseminating the intimate image.", "volatility": "low", "from_batch": "451-wyoming-privacy-and-image-law-for-creators", "subject": "W.S. 6-4-306", "topic": "Unlawful dissemination of intimate images: elements", "applies_to_country": "US", "applies_to_scope": "WY", "tags": { "lane": "any", "stage": "setting_up", "region": [ "us-wy" ], "platform": "any", "topic": [ "unclassified" ], "explicitness": "any" }, "verification": { "status": "failed", "label": "Unverified - being checked", "reasons": [ "legal_fetch_over_cap", "deferred_state_uncorroborated:us-wy" ], "checked_utc": "20261021-123916Z" } }, { "id": "learn_r451_wyoming_privacy_and_image_law_for_creators_451_wyoming_privacy_and_image_law_for_creators_s306c", "category": "Safety", "title": "[Unverified - being checked] W.S. 6-4-306: Unlawful dissemination of intimate images: penalty", "summary": "[Unverified - being checked] W.S. 6-4-306(c): dissemination of an intimate image is a misdemeanor punishable by up to one year in jail, a fine of up to $5,000, or both.", "body": "W.S. 6-4-306(c): dissemination of an intimate image is a misdemeanor punishable by up to one year in jail, a fine of up to $5,000, or both.\n\nWhat Wyoming Legislative Service Office (Wyoming Statutes on wyoleg.gov) actually says:\n\n“Dissemination of an intimate image is a misdemeanor punishable by not more than one (1) year imprisonment, a fine of not more than five thousand dollars ($5,000.00), or both.”", "source_type": "official", "source_link": "https://wyoleg.gov/statutes/compress/title06.pdf", "last_verified": "2026-10-18", "reliability": "STRONG PRACTICE", "source_tier": "A", "source_publisher": "Wyoming Legislative Service Office (Wyoming Statutes on wyoleg.gov)", "evidence_quote": "Dissemination of an intimate image is a misdemeanor punishable by not more than one (1) year imprisonment, a fine of not more than five thousand dollars ($5,000.00), or both.", "volatility": "low", "from_batch": "451-wyoming-privacy-and-image-law-for-creators", "subject": "W.S. 6-4-306", "topic": "Unlawful dissemination of intimate images: penalty", "applies_to_country": "US", "applies_to_scope": "WY", "tags": { "lane": "any", "stage": "setting_up", "region": [ "us-wy" ], "platform": "any", "topic": [ "unclassified" ], "explicitness": "any" }, "verification": { "status": "failed", "label": "Unverified - being checked", "reasons": [ "hollow_body", "strong_label_on_weak_content" ], "checked_utc": "20261021-123916Z" } }, { "id": "learn_r451_wyoming_privacy_and_image_law_for_creators_451_wyoming_privacy_and_image_law_for_creators_s306def", "category": "Safety", "title": "[Unverified - being checked] W.S. 6-4-306: Intimate image and image definitions", "summary": "[Unverified - being checked] W.S. 6-4-306(a): 'intimate image' means an image of a person's intimate parts or of a person engaging in sexual acts when the person is identifiable from the image or from information connected with it; 'image' includes a computer generated image that purports to represent an identifiable person.", "body": "W.S. 6-4-306(a): 'intimate image' means an image of a person's intimate parts or of a person engaging in sexual acts when the person is identifiable from the image or from information connected with it; 'image' includes a computer generated image that purports to represent an identifiable person.\n\nWhat Wyoming Legislative Service Office (Wyoming Statutes on wyoleg.gov) actually says:\n\n“\"Image\" means a photograph, film, videotape, recording, digital file or any other recording, including a computer generated image that purports to represent an identifiable person; (iv) \"Intimate image\" means an image of a person's intimate parts or of a person engaging in sexual acts when the person depicted is identifiable from the image itself or from information displayed with or otherwise connected to the image;”", "source_type": "official", "source_link": "https://wyoleg.gov/statutes/compress/title06.pdf", "last_verified": "2026-10-18", "reliability": "STRONG PRACTICE", "source_tier": "A", "source_publisher": "Wyoming Legislative Service Office (Wyoming Statutes on wyoleg.gov)", "evidence_quote": "\"Image\" means a photograph, film, videotape, recording, digital file or any other recording, including a computer generated image that purports to represent an identifiable person; (iv) \"Intimate image\" means an image of a person's intimate parts or of a person engaging in sexual acts when the person depicted is identifiable from the image itself or from information displayed with or otherwise connected to the image;", "volatility": "low", "from_batch": "451-wyoming-privacy-and-image-law-for-creators", "subject": "W.S. 6-4-306", "topic": "Intimate image and image definitions", "applies_to_country": "US", "applies_to_scope": "WY", "tags": { "lane": "any", "stage": "setting_up", "region": [ "us-wy" ], "platform": "any", "topic": [ "unclassified" ], "explicitness": "any" }, "verification": { "status": "failed", "label": "Unverified - being checked", "reasons": [ "hollow_body", "strong_label_on_weak_content" ], "checked_utc": "20261021-123916Z" } }, { "id": "learn_r451_wyoming_privacy_and_image_law_for_creators_451_wyoming_privacy_and_image_law_for_creators_s306d", "category": "Safety", "title": "[Unverified - being checked] W.S. 6-4-306: No criminal liability for platforms (47 U.S.C. 230)", "summary": "[Unverified - being checked] W.S. 6-4-306(d): nothing in the section imposes criminal liability on the provider of an interactive computer service, an information service or a telecommunications service for content provided by another person.", "body": "W.S. 6-4-306(d): nothing in the section imposes criminal liability on the provider of an interactive computer service, an information service or a telecommunications service for content provided by another person.\n\nWhat Wyoming Legislative Service Office (Wyoming Statutes on wyoleg.gov) actually says:\n\n“Nothing in the section shall be construed to impose criminal liability on the provider of an interactive computer service as defined in 47 U.S.C. 230, an information service as defined in 47 U.S.C. 153 or a telecommunications service as defined in 47 U.S.C. 153, for content provided by another person.”", "source_type": "official", "source_link": "https://wyoleg.gov/statutes/compress/title06.pdf", "last_verified": "2026-10-18", "reliability": "STRONG PRACTICE", "source_tier": "A", "source_publisher": "Wyoming Legislative Service Office (Wyoming Statutes on wyoleg.gov)", "evidence_quote": "Nothing in the section shall be construed to impose criminal liability on the provider of an interactive computer service as defined in 47 U.S.C. 230, an information service as defined in 47 U.S.C. 153 or a telecommunications service as defined in 47 U.S.C. 153, for content provided by another person.", "volatility": "low", "from_batch": "451-wyoming-privacy-and-image-law-for-creators", "subject": "W.S. 6-4-306", "topic": "No criminal liability for platforms (47 U.S.C. 230)", "applies_to_country": "US", "applies_to_scope": "WY", "tags": { "lane": "any", "stage": "setting_up", "region": [ "us-wy" ], "platform": "any", "topic": [ "unclassified" ], "explicitness": "any" }, "verification": { "status": "failed", "label": "Unverified - being checked", "reasons": [ "hollow_body", "strong_label_on_weak_content" ], "checked_utc": "20261021-123916Z" } }, { "id": "learn_r451_wyoming_privacy_and_image_law_for_creators_451_wyoming_privacy_and_image_law_for_creators_abs_civil", "category": "Safety", "title": "[Unverified - being checked] W.S. 6-4-306: Civil remedy for intimate-image distribution: none in the section", "summary": "[Unverified - being checked] W.S. 6-4-306 (criminal) states no private civil cause of action, no statutory damages figure, no attorney-fee clause and no limitation period of its own. A victim would have to rely on general civil law (see the limitation record) rather than a Wyoming intimate-image civil statute.", "body": "W.S. 6-4-306 (criminal) states no private civil cause of action, no statutory damages figure, no attorney-fee clause and no limitation period of its own. A victim would have to rely on general civil law (see the limitation record) rather than a Wyoming intimate-image civil statute.\n\nWhat Wyoming Legislative Service Office (Wyoming Statutes on wyoleg.gov) actually says:\n\n“Dissemination of an intimate image is a misdemeanor punishable by not more than one (1) year imprisonment, a fine of not more than five thousand dollars ($5,000.00), or both. (d) Nothing in the section shall be construed to impose criminal liability on the provider of an interactive computer service as defined in 47 U.S.C. 230, an information service as defined in 47 U.S.C. 153 or a telecommunications service as defined in 47 U.S.C. 153, for content provided by another person.”\n\nNote: ABSENCE RECORD (inferred from the sections read, not from operative text). Index searched: Wyoming Statutes Titles 1, 6 and 14 in the wyoleg.gov title PDFs, searched for intimate image, nonconsensual, and cause of action on 2026-10-18; the only civil action found tied to this subject is the age-verification article (14-3-503), which is about platforms and minors. The quote is the full text of subsections (c) and (d), showing the remedy and exemption the section does state.", "source_type": "official", "source_link": "https://wyoleg.gov/statutes/compress/title06.pdf", "last_verified": "2026-10-18", "reliability": "CREATOR STRATEGY", "source_tier": "A", "source_publisher": "Wyoming Legislative Service Office (Wyoming Statutes on wyoleg.gov)", "evidence_quote": "Dissemination of an intimate image is a misdemeanor punishable by not more than one (1) year imprisonment, a fine of not more than five thousand dollars ($5,000.00), or both. (d) Nothing in the section shall be construed to impose criminal liability on the provider of an interactive computer service as defined in 47 U.S.C. 230, an information service as defined in 47 U.S.C. 153 or a telecommunications service as defined in 47 U.S.C. 153, for content provided by another person.", "volatility": "medium", "from_batch": "451-wyoming-privacy-and-image-law-for-creators", "subject": "W.S. 6-4-306", "topic": "Civil remedy for intimate-image distribution: none in the section", "applies_to_country": "US", "applies_to_scope": "WY", "tags": { "lane": "any", "stage": "setting_up", "region": [ "us-wy" ], "platform": "any", "topic": [ "unclassified" ], "explicitness": "any" }, "verification": { "status": "failed", "label": "Unverified - being checked", "reasons": [ "legal_fetch_over_cap", "deferred_state_uncorroborated:us-wy" ], "checked_utc": "20261021-123916Z" } }, { "id": "learn_r451_wyoming_privacy_and_image_law_for_creators_451_wyoming_privacy_and_image_law_for_creators_s307", "category": "Safety", "title": "[Unverified - being checked] W.S. 6-4-307: Nonconsensual synthetic sexual material (deepfakes)", "summary": "[Unverified - being checked] W.S. 6-4-307: knowingly distributing or making available synthetic sexual material that realistically depicts another identifiable person without their knowledge or consent, knowing it was created or altered without consent, and where distribution causes or is intended to cause harm, is an offence; it is a felony with up to 10 years and $10,000 (up to 12 years on a repeat).", "body": "W.S. 6-4-307: knowingly distributing or making available synthetic sexual material that realistically depicts another identifiable person without their knowledge or consent, knowing it was created or altered without consent, and where distribution causes or is intended to cause harm, is an offence; it is a felony with up to 10 years and $10,000 (up to 12 years on a repeat).\n\nWhat Wyoming Legislative Service Office (Wyoming Statutes on wyoleg.gov) actually says:\n\n“A person commits the offense of unlawful distribution of nonconsensual synthetic sexual material if: (i) The person: (A) Knowingly, distributes, transmits or otherwise makes available synthetic sexual material that realistically depicts another identifiable person without that person's knowledge or consent; (B) At the time of the distribution or transmission, knows that the synthetic sexual material was created or altered without the knowledge or consent of the depicted person and under circumstances in which the depicted person had a reasonable expectation of privacy; and (C) The distribution of the synthetic sexual material causes harm to the depicted person or is intended to cause harm to the depicted person.”", "source_type": "official", "source_link": "https://wyoleg.gov/statutes/compress/title06.pdf", "last_verified": "2026-10-18", "reliability": "STRONG PRACTICE", "source_tier": "A", "source_publisher": "Wyoming Legislative Service Office (Wyoming Statutes on wyoleg.gov)", "evidence_quote": "A person commits the offense of unlawful distribution of nonconsensual synthetic sexual material if: (i) The person: (A) Knowingly, distributes, transmits or otherwise makes available synthetic sexual material that realistically depicts another identifiable person without that person's knowledge or consent; (B) At the time of the distribution or transmission, knows that the synthetic sexual material was created or altered without the knowledge or consent of the depicted person and under circumstances in which the depicted person had a reasonable expectation of privacy; and (C) The distribution of the synthetic sexual material causes harm to the depicted person or is intended to cause harm to the depicted person.", "volatility": "low", "from_batch": "451-wyoming-privacy-and-image-law-for-creators", "subject": "W.S. 6-4-307", "topic": "Nonconsensual synthetic sexual material (deepfakes)", "applies_to_country": "US", "applies_to_scope": "WY", "tags": { "lane": "any", "stage": "setting_up", "region": [ "us-wy" ], "platform": "any", "topic": [ "unclassified" ], "explicitness": "any" }, "verification": { "status": "failed", "label": "Unverified - being checked", "reasons": [ "hollow_body", "strong_label_on_weak_content" ], "checked_utc": "20261021-123916Z" } }, { "id": "learn_r451_wyoming_privacy_and_image_law_for_creators_451_wyoming_privacy_and_image_law_for_creators_s307pen", "category": "Safety", "title": "[Unverified - being checked] W.S. 6-4-307: Synthetic sexual material: penalty", "summary": "[Unverified - being checked] W.S. 6-4-307(c): unlawful distribution of synthetic sexual material is a felony punishable by up to 10 years and a fine up to $10,000; a second or subsequent conviction, up to 12 years.", "body": "W.S. 6-4-307(c): unlawful distribution of synthetic sexual material is a felony punishable by up to 10 years and a fine up to $10,000; a second or subsequent conviction, up to 12 years.\n\nWhat Wyoming Legislative Service Office (Wyoming Statutes on wyoleg.gov) actually says:\n\n“Unlawful distribution of synthetic sexual material is: (i) Except as provided in paragraph (ii) of this subsection, a felony punishable by imprisonment for not more than ten (10) years, a fine of not more than ten thousand dollars ($10,000.00), or both; (ii) For a second or subsequent conviction under this section or of a substantially similar law of any other jurisdiction, a felony punishable by imprisonment for not more than twelve (12) years, a fine of not more than ten thousand dollars ($10,000.00), or both.”\n\nNote: Quote ends at the first fine figure; the repeat-offence tier follows in the same subsection.", "source_type": "official", "source_link": "https://wyoleg.gov/statutes/compress/title06.pdf", "last_verified": "2026-10-18", "reliability": "STRONG PRACTICE", "source_tier": "A", "source_publisher": "Wyoming Legislative Service Office (Wyoming Statutes on wyoleg.gov)", "evidence_quote": "Unlawful distribution of synthetic sexual material is: (i) Except as provided in paragraph (ii) of this subsection, a felony punishable by imprisonment for not more than ten (10) years, a fine of not more than ten thousand dollars ($10,000.00), or both; (ii) For a second or subsequent conviction under this section or of a substantially similar law of any other jurisdiction, a felony punishable by imprisonment for not more than twelve (12) years, a fine of not more than ten thousand dollars ($10,000.00), or both.", "volatility": "low", "from_batch": "451-wyoming-privacy-and-image-law-for-creators", "subject": "W.S. 6-4-307", "topic": "Synthetic sexual material: penalty", "applies_to_country": "US", "applies_to_scope": "WY", "tags": { "lane": "any", "stage": "setting_up", "region": [ "us-wy" ], "platform": "any", "topic": [ "unclassified" ], "explicitness": "any" }, "verification": { "status": "failed", "label": "Unverified - being checked", "reasons": [ "legal_fetch_over_cap", "deferred_state_uncorroborated:us-wy" ], "checked_utc": "20261021-123916Z" } }, { "id": "learn_r451_wyoming_privacy_and_image_law_for_creators_451_wyoming_privacy_and_image_law_for_creators_s301synth", "category": "Safety", "title": "[Unverified - being checked] W.S. 6-4-301: 'Synthetic sexual material' definition", "summary": "[Unverified - being checked] W.S. 6-4-301(a)(vii): 'synthetic sexual material' means material created, altered or manipulated through an artificial intelligence system or another digital method to realistically depict the intimate parts of a specific person.", "body": "W.S. 6-4-301(a)(vii): 'synthetic sexual material' means material created, altered or manipulated through an artificial intelligence system or another digital method to realistically depict the intimate parts of a specific person.\n\nWhat Wyoming Legislative Service Office (Wyoming Statutes on wyoleg.gov) actually says:\n\n“\"Synthetic sexual material\" means material that has been created, altered or manipulated through the use of an artificial intelligence system or another digital method to realistically depict the intimate parts of a specific person.”", "source_type": "official", "source_link": "https://wyoleg.gov/statutes/compress/title06.pdf", "last_verified": "2026-10-18", "reliability": "STRONG PRACTICE", "source_tier": "A", "source_publisher": "Wyoming Legislative Service Office (Wyoming Statutes on wyoleg.gov)", "evidence_quote": "\"Synthetic sexual material\" means material that has been created, altered or manipulated through the use of an artificial intelligence system or another digital method to realistically depict the intimate parts of a specific person.", "volatility": "low", "from_batch": "451-wyoming-privacy-and-image-law-for-creators", "subject": "W.S. 6-4-301", "topic": "'Synthetic sexual material' definition", "applies_to_country": "US", "applies_to_scope": "WY", "tags": { "lane": "any", "stage": "setting_up", "region": [ "us-wy" ], "platform": "any", "topic": [ "unclassified" ], "explicitness": "any" }, "verification": { "status": "failed", "label": "Unverified - being checked", "reasons": [ "hollow_body", "strong_label_on_weak_content" ], "checked_utc": "20261021-123916Z" } }, { "id": "learn_r451_wyoming_privacy_and_image_law_for_creators_451_wyoming_privacy_and_image_law_for_creators_s2506", "category": "Safety", "title": "[Unverified - being checked] W.S. 6-2-506: Stalking (including electronic conduct)", "summary": "[Unverified - being checked] W.S. 6-2-506(b): with intent to harass, engaging in a course of conduct reasonably likely to harass, including communicating by electronic means in a manner that harasses, placing a person under surveillance, or using electronic, digital or GPS devices to surveil their internet or wireless activity without authorization, is stalking.", "body": "W.S. 6-2-506(b): with intent to harass, engaging in a course of conduct reasonably likely to harass, including communicating by electronic means in a manner that harasses, placing a person under surveillance, or using electronic, digital or GPS devices to surveil their internet or wireless activity without authorization, is stalking.\n\nWhat Wyoming Legislative Service Office (Wyoming Statutes on wyoleg.gov) actually says:\n\n“a person commits the crime of stalking if, with intent to harass another person, the person engages in a course of conduct reasonably likely to harass that person, including but not limited to any combination of the following: (i) Communicating, anonymously or otherwise, or causing a communication with another person by verbal, electronic, mechanical, telegraphic, telephonic or written means in a manner that harasses; (ii) Following a person, other than within the residence of the defendant; (iii) Placing a person under surveillance by remaining present outside his or her school, place of employment, vehicle, other place occupied by the person, or residence other than the residence of the defendant; (iv) Using any electronic, digital or global positioning system device or other electronic means to place another person under surveillance or to surveil another person's internet or wireless activity without authorization from the other person; or (v) Otherwise engaging in a course of conduct that harasses another person.”", "source_type": "official", "source_link": "https://wyoleg.gov/statutes/compress/title06.pdf", "last_verified": "2026-10-18", "reliability": "STRONG PRACTICE", "source_tier": "A", "source_publisher": "Wyoming Legislative Service Office (Wyoming Statutes on wyoleg.gov)", "evidence_quote": "a person commits the crime of stalking if, with intent to harass another person, the person engages in a course of conduct reasonably likely to harass that person, including but not limited to any combination of the following: (i) Communicating, anonymously or otherwise, or causing a communication with another person by verbal, electronic, mechanical, telegraphic, telephonic or written means in a manner that harasses; (ii) Following a person, other than within the residence of the defendant; (iii) Placing a person under surveillance by remaining present outside his or her school, place of employment, vehicle, other place occupied by the person, or residence other than the residence of the defendant; (iv) Using any electronic, digital or global positioning system device or other electronic means to place another person under surveillance or to surveil another person's internet or wireless activity without authorization from the other person; or (v) Otherwise engaging in a course of conduct that harasses another person.", "volatility": "low", "from_batch": "451-wyoming-privacy-and-image-law-for-creators", "subject": "W.S. 6-2-506", "topic": "Stalking (including electronic conduct)", "applies_to_country": "US", "applies_to_scope": "WY", "tags": { "lane": "any", "stage": "setting_up", "region": [ "us-wy" ], "platform": "any", "topic": [ "unclassified" ], "explicitness": "any" }, "verification": { "status": "failed", "label": "Unverified - being checked", "reasons": [ "hollow_body", "strong_label_on_weak_content" ], "checked_utc": "20261021-123916Z" } }, { "id": "learn_r451_wyoming_privacy_and_image_law_for_creators_451_wyoming_privacy_and_image_law_for_creators_s2506pen", "category": "Safety", "title": "[Unverified - being checked] W.S. 6-2-506: Stalking: penalty", "summary": "[Unverified - being checked] W.S. 6-2-506(d): stalking is a misdemeanor punishable by up to one year in jail, a fine up to $750, or both; (e) makes it a felony (up to 10 years) in aggravated cases such as a repeat within five years.", "body": "W.S. 6-2-506(d): stalking is a misdemeanor punishable by up to one year in jail, a fine up to $750, or both; (e) makes it a felony (up to 10 years) in aggravated cases such as a repeat within five years.\n\nWhat Wyoming Legislative Service Office (Wyoming Statutes on wyoleg.gov) actually says:\n\n“stalking is a misdemeanor punishable by imprisonment for not more than one (1) year, a fine of not more than seven hundred fifty dollars ($750.00), or both.”", "source_type": "official", "source_link": "https://wyoleg.gov/statutes/compress/title06.pdf", "last_verified": "2026-10-18", "reliability": "STRONG PRACTICE", "source_tier": "A", "source_publisher": "Wyoming Legislative Service Office (Wyoming Statutes on wyoleg.gov)", "evidence_quote": "stalking is a misdemeanor punishable by imprisonment for not more than one (1) year, a fine of not more than seven hundred fifty dollars ($750.00), or both.", "volatility": "low", "from_batch": "451-wyoming-privacy-and-image-law-for-creators", "subject": "W.S. 6-2-506", "topic": "Stalking: penalty", "applies_to_country": "US", "applies_to_scope": "WY", "tags": { "lane": "any", "stage": "setting_up", "region": [ "us-wy" ], "platform": "any", "topic": [ "unclassified" ], "explicitness": "any" }, "verification": { "status": "failed", "label": "Unverified - being checked", "reasons": [ "hollow_body", "strong_label_on_weak_content" ], "checked_utc": "20261021-123916Z" } }, { "id": "learn_r451_wyoming_privacy_and_image_law_for_creators_451_wyoming_privacy_and_image_law_for_creators_s2506def", "category": "Safety", "title": "[Unverified - being checked] W.S. 6-2-506: Stalking: 'harass' includes lewd or obscene statements or images", "summary": "[Unverified - being checked] W.S. 6-2-506(a)(ii): 'harass' means a course of conduct directed at a specific person, including verbal or written threats, lewd or obscene statements or images, vandalism or nonconsensual physical contact, that the defendant knew or should have known would cause a reasonable person substantial emotional distress or fear.", "body": "W.S. 6-2-506(a)(ii): 'harass' means a course of conduct directed at a specific person, including verbal or written threats, lewd or obscene statements or images, vandalism or nonconsensual physical contact, that the defendant knew or should have known would cause a reasonable person substantial emotional distress or fear.\n\nWhat Wyoming Legislative Service Office (Wyoming Statutes on wyoleg.gov) actually says:\n\n“\"Harass\" means to engage in a course of conduct, including but not limited to verbal threats, written threats, lewd or obscene statements or images, vandalism or nonconsensual physical contact, directed at a specific person that the defendant knew or should have known would cause: (A) A reasonable person to suffer substantial emotional distress; (B) A reasonable person to suffer substantial fear for their safety or the safety of another person; or (C) A reasonable person to suffer substantial fear for the destruction of their property.”", "source_type": "official", "source_link": "https://wyoleg.gov/statutes/compress/title06.pdf", "last_verified": "2026-10-18", "reliability": "STRONG PRACTICE", "source_tier": "A", "source_publisher": "Wyoming Legislative Service Office (Wyoming Statutes on wyoleg.gov)", "evidence_quote": "\"Harass\" means to engage in a course of conduct, including but not limited to verbal threats, written threats, lewd or obscene statements or images, vandalism or nonconsensual physical contact, directed at a specific person that the defendant knew or should have known would cause: (A) A reasonable person to suffer substantial emotional distress; (B) A reasonable person to suffer substantial fear for their safety or the safety of another person; or (C) A reasonable person to suffer substantial fear for the destruction of their property.", "volatility": "low", "from_batch": "451-wyoming-privacy-and-image-law-for-creators", "subject": "W.S. 6-2-506", "topic": "Stalking: 'harass' includes lewd or obscene statements or images", "applies_to_country": "US", "applies_to_scope": "WY", "tags": { "lane": "any", "stage": "setting_up", "region": [ "us-wy" ], "platform": "any", "topic": [ "unclassified" ], "explicitness": "any" }, "verification": { "status": "failed", "label": "Unverified - being checked", "reasons": [ "hollow_body", "strong_label_on_weak_content" ], "checked_utc": "20261021-123916Z" } }, { "id": "learn_r451_wyoming_privacy_and_image_law_for_creators_451_wyoming_privacy_and_image_law_for_creators_s1105", "category": "Safety", "title": "[Unverified - being checked] W.S. 1-3-105: Civil limitation periods that could govern an image claim", "summary": "[Unverified - being checked] W.S. 1-3-105(a)(iv)(C): an action for an injury to the rights of the plaintiff not arising on contract and not otherwise enumerated must be brought within four years; (v)(A) libel or slander, one year; (ii)(B) liability created by statute (other than a forfeiture or penalty), eight years.", "body": "W.S. 1-3-105(a)(iv)(C): an action for an injury to the rights of the plaintiff not arising on contract and not otherwise enumerated must be brought within four years; (v)(A) libel or slander, one year; (ii)(B) liability created by statute (other than a forfeiture or penalty), eight years.\n\nWhat Wyoming Legislative Service Office (Wyoming Statutes on wyoleg.gov) actually says:\n\n“Within four (4) years, an action for: (A) Trespass upon real property; (B) The recovery of personal property or for taking, detaining or injuring personal property; (C) An injury to the rights of the plaintiff, not arising on contract and not herein enumerated;”\n\nNote: Which period applies to a particular image claim is a legal question the statute does not answer; no Wyoming intimate-image civil statute exists to fix it.", "source_type": "official", "source_link": "https://wyoleg.gov/statutes/compress/title01.pdf", "last_verified": "2026-10-18", "reliability": "STRONG PRACTICE", "source_tier": "A", "source_publisher": "Wyoming Legislative Service Office (Wyoming Statutes on wyoleg.gov)", "evidence_quote": "Within four (4) years, an action for: (A) Trespass upon real property; (B) The recovery of personal property or for taking, detaining or injuring personal property; (C) An injury to the rights of the plaintiff, not arising on contract and not herein enumerated;", "volatility": "low", "from_batch": "451-wyoming-privacy-and-image-law-for-creators", "subject": "W.S. 1-3-105", "topic": "Civil limitation periods that could govern an image claim", "applies_to_country": "US", "applies_to_scope": "WY", "tags": { "lane": "any", "stage": "setting_up", "region": [ "us-wy" ], "platform": "any", "topic": [ "unclassified" ], "explicitness": "any" }, "verification": { "status": "failed", "label": "Unverified - being checked", "reasons": [ "legal_fetch_over_cap", "deferred_state_uncorroborated:us-wy" ], "checked_utc": "20261021-123916Z" } }, { "id": "learn_r451_wyoming_privacy_and_image_law_for_creators_451_wyoming_privacy_and_image_law_for_creators_abs_acp", "category": "Safety", "title": "[Unverified - being checked] Wyoming Secretary of State: Address confidentiality or Safe at Home programme", "summary": "[Unverified - being checked] No Wyoming address confidentiality ('Safe at Home') programme was found in the Wyoming Statutes or on the Secretary of State's site: the Secretary's FAQ index lists Authentication, Business Entities, Elections, Fiscal, General, Investing, Notaries, Public Publications, Registered Agents, State Logo and UCC, with no such programme.", "body": "No Wyoming address confidentiality ('Safe at Home') programme was found in the Wyoming Statutes or on the Secretary of State's site: the Secretary's FAQ index lists Authentication, Business Entities, Elections, Fiscal, General, Investing, Notaries, Public Publications, Registered Agents, State Logo and UCC, with no such programme.\n\nWhat Wyoming Secretary of State actually says:\n\n“Business Entities Elections Fiscal General Questions Investing / Broker-Dealer / Agent Notaries Public Publications Registered Agents”\n\nNote: ABSENCE RECORD (inferred from a page that does not mention it, not from operative text). Index searched: sos.wyo.gov FAQ index (faqs.aspx?root=BUS), and all 40 Wyoming Statutes title text files searched for 'address confidentiality' and 'safe at home' (0 hits) on 2026-10-18. An absence from a page index and a statute search is not proof that no programme exists.", "source_type": "official", "source_link": "https://sos.wyo.gov/faqs.aspx?root=BUS", "last_verified": "2026-10-18", "reliability": "CREATOR STRATEGY", "source_tier": "A", "source_publisher": "Wyoming Secretary of State", "evidence_quote": "Business Entities Elections Fiscal General Questions Investing / Broker-Dealer / Agent Notaries Public Publications Registered Agents", "volatility": "medium", "from_batch": "451-wyoming-privacy-and-image-law-for-creators", "subject": "Wyoming Secretary of State", "topic": "Address confidentiality or Safe at Home programme", "applies_to_country": "US", "applies_to_scope": "WY", "tags": { "lane": "any", "stage": "setting_up", "region": [ "us-wy" ], "platform": "any", "topic": [ "unclassified" ], "explicitness": "any" }, "verification": { "status": "failed", "label": "Unverified - being checked", "reasons": [ "legal_fetch_over_cap", "deferred_state_uncorroborated:us-wy" ], "checked_utc": "20261021-123916Z" } } ] }