{
  "batch": "468-alaska-obscenity-and-distribution",
  "articles": [
    {
      "id": "learn_r468_alaska_obscenity_and_distribution_alaska_468_c1",
      "category": "Safety",
      "title": "Alaska: anchor",
      "summary": "Alaska's criminal offenses are in Title 11 (Criminal Law) of the Alaska Statutes, published by the Alaska State Legislature; offenses against public order, including the harassment and indecent-picture offenses below, are in chapter 11.61.",
      "body": "Alaska's criminal offenses are in Title 11 (Criminal Law) of the Alaska Statutes, published by the Alaska State Legislature; offenses against public order, including the harassment and indecent-picture offenses below, are in chapter 11.61.\n\nWhat Alaska State Legislature (Alaska Statutes 2025) actually says:\n\n“Title 10. Corporations and Associations. Title 11. Criminal Law. Title 12. Code of Criminal Procedure.”\n\nNote: Claude session research 2026-10-23 (web search + fetch of the official page); quote re-checked by the verify gate",
      "source_type": "official",
      "source_link": "https://www.akleg.gov/basis/statutes.asp",
      "last_verified": "2026-10-23",
      "reliability": "VERIFIED RULE",
      "source_tier": "A",
      "source_publisher": "Alaska State Legislature (Alaska Statutes 2025)",
      "evidence_quote": "Title 10. Corporations and Associations. Title 11. Criminal Law. Title 12. Code of Criminal Procedure.",
      "volatility": "low",
      "from_batch": "468-alaska-obscenity-and-distribution",
      "subject": "Alaska",
      "topic": "anchor",
      "applies_to_country": "US",
      "applies_to_scope": "AK",
      "tags": {
        "lane": "any",
        "stage": "any",
        "region": [
          "us-ak"
        ],
        "platform": "any",
        "topic": [
          "unclassified"
        ],
        "explicitness": "any"
      }
    },
    {
      "id": "learn_r468_alaska_obscenity_and_distribution_alaska_468_c2",
      "category": "Safety",
      "title": "Alaska: obscene electronic communication",
      "summary": "AS 11.61.120(a)(4) makes it harassment in the second degree to make an obscene telephone call or obscene electronic communication with intent to harass or annoy another person.",
      "body": "AS 11.61.120(a)(4) makes it harassment in the second degree to make an obscene telephone call or obscene electronic communication with intent to harass or annoy another person.\n\nWhat Alaska State Legislature (Alaska Statutes 2025) actually says:\n\n“(4) makes an anonymous or obscene telephone call, an obscene electronic communication, or a telephone call or electronic communication that threatens physical injury or sexual contact;”\n\nNote: Claude session research 2026-10-23 (web search + fetch of the official page); quote re-checked by the verify gate",
      "source_type": "official",
      "source_link": "https://www.akleg.gov/basis/statutes.asp?media=print&secStart=11.61.100&secEnd=11.61.200",
      "last_verified": "2026-10-23",
      "reliability": "VERIFIED RULE",
      "source_tier": "A",
      "source_publisher": "Alaska State Legislature (Alaska Statutes 2025)",
      "evidence_quote": "(4) makes an anonymous or obscene telephone call, an obscene electronic communication, or a telephone call or electronic communication that threatens physical injury or sexual contact;",
      "volatility": "low",
      "from_batch": "468-alaska-obscenity-and-distribution",
      "subject": "Alaska",
      "topic": "obscene electronic communication",
      "applies_to_country": "US",
      "applies_to_scope": "AK",
      "tags": {
        "lane": "any",
        "stage": "any",
        "region": [
          "us-ak"
        ],
        "platform": "any",
        "topic": [
          "unclassified"
        ],
        "explicitness": "any"
      }
    },
    {
      "id": "learn_r468_alaska_obscenity_and_distribution_alaska_468_c3",
      "category": "Safety",
      "title": "Alaska: non-consensual intimate images",
      "summary": "AS 11.61.120(a)(6) makes it harassment in the second degree to publish or distribute photographs or films showing another person's genitals, anus or female breast, or showing that person in a sexual act, with intent to harass or annoy.",
      "body": "AS 11.61.120(a)(6) makes it harassment in the second degree to publish or distribute photographs or films showing another person's genitals, anus or female breast, or showing that person in a sexual act, with intent to harass or annoy.\n\nWhat Alaska State Legislature (Alaska Statutes 2025) actually says:\n\n“(6) except as provided in AS 11.61.116, publishes or distributes electronic or printed photographs, pictures, or films that show the genitals, anus, or female breast of the other person or show that person engaged in a sexual act;”\n\nNote: Claude session research 2026-10-23 (web search + fetch of the official page); quote re-checked by the verify gate",
      "source_type": "official",
      "source_link": "https://www.akleg.gov/basis/statutes.asp?media=print&secStart=11.61.100&secEnd=11.61.200",
      "last_verified": "2026-10-23",
      "reliability": "VERIFIED RULE",
      "source_tier": "A",
      "source_publisher": "Alaska State Legislature (Alaska Statutes 2025)",
      "evidence_quote": "(6) except as provided in AS 11.61.116, publishes or distributes electronic or printed photographs, pictures, or films that show the genitals, anus, or female breast of the other person or show that person engaged in a sexual act;",
      "volatility": "low",
      "from_batch": "468-alaska-obscenity-and-distribution",
      "subject": "Alaska",
      "topic": "non-consensual intimate images",
      "applies_to_country": "US",
      "applies_to_scope": "AK",
      "tags": {
        "lane": "any",
        "stage": "any",
        "region": [
          "us-ak"
        ],
        "platform": "any",
        "topic": [
          "unclassified"
        ],
        "explicitness": "any"
      }
    },
    {
      "id": "learn_r468_alaska_obscenity_and_distribution_alaska_468_c4",
      "category": "Safety",
      "title": "Alaska: harassment penalty",
      "summary": "AS 11.61.120(b) classes harassment in the second degree as a class B misdemeanor.",
      "body": "AS 11.61.120(b) classes harassment in the second degree as a class B misdemeanor.\n\nWhat Alaska State Legislature (Alaska Statutes 2025) actually says:\n\n“(b) Harassment in the second degree is a class B misdemeanor.”\n\nNote: Claude session research 2026-10-23 (web search + fetch of the official page); quote re-checked by the verify gate",
      "source_type": "official",
      "source_link": "https://www.akleg.gov/basis/statutes.asp?media=print&secStart=11.61.100&secEnd=11.61.200",
      "last_verified": "2026-10-23",
      "reliability": "VERIFIED RULE",
      "source_tier": "A",
      "source_publisher": "Alaska State Legislature (Alaska Statutes 2025)",
      "evidence_quote": "(b) Harassment in the second degree is a class B misdemeanor.",
      "volatility": "low",
      "from_batch": "468-alaska-obscenity-and-distribution",
      "subject": "Alaska",
      "topic": "harassment penalty",
      "applies_to_country": "US",
      "applies_to_scope": "AK",
      "tags": {
        "lane": "any",
        "stage": "any",
        "region": [
          "us-ak"
        ],
        "platform": "any",
        "topic": [
          "unclassified"
        ],
        "explicitness": "any"
      }
    },
    {
      "id": "learn_r468_alaska_obscenity_and_distribution_alaska_468_c5",
      "category": "Safety",
      "title": "Alaska: indecent viewing or production",
      "summary": "AS 11.61.123(a) makes it a crime to knowingly view, or produce a picture of, the private exposure of another person's genitals, anus or female breast.",
      "body": "AS 11.61.123(a) makes it a crime to knowingly view, or produce a picture of, the private exposure of another person's genitals, anus or female breast.\n\nWhat Alaska State Legislature (Alaska Statutes 2025) actually says:\n\n“(a) A person commits the crime of indecent viewing or production of a picture if the person knowingly (1) views, or views a picture of, the private exposure of the genitals, anus, or female breast of another person; or (2) produces a picture of the private exposure of the genitals, anus, or female breast of another person.”\n\nNote: Claude session research 2026-10-23 (web search + fetch of the official page); quote re-checked by the verify gate",
      "source_type": "official",
      "source_link": "https://www.akleg.gov/basis/statutes.asp?media=print&secStart=11.61.100&secEnd=11.61.200",
      "last_verified": "2026-10-23",
      "reliability": "VERIFIED RULE",
      "source_tier": "A",
      "source_publisher": "Alaska State Legislature (Alaska Statutes 2025)",
      "evidence_quote": "(a) A person commits the crime of indecent viewing or production of a picture if the person knowingly (1) views, or views a picture of, the private exposure of the genitals, anus, or female breast of another person; or (2) produces a picture of the private exposure of the genitals, anus, or female breast of another person.",
      "volatility": "low",
      "from_batch": "468-alaska-obscenity-and-distribution",
      "subject": "Alaska",
      "topic": "indecent viewing or production",
      "applies_to_country": "US",
      "applies_to_scope": "AK",
      "tags": {
        "lane": "any",
        "stage": "any",
        "region": [
          "us-ak"
        ],
        "platform": "any",
        "topic": [
          "unclassified"
        ],
        "explicitness": "any"
      }
    },
    {
      "id": "learn_r468_alaska_obscenity_and_distribution_alaska_468_c6",
      "category": "Safety",
      "title": "Alaska: indecent viewing penalty (adult subject)",
      "summary": "Under AS 11.61.123(g), producing such a picture of an adult is a class C felony, and viewing an adult is a class A misdemeanor.",
      "body": "Under AS 11.61.123(g), producing such a picture of an adult is a class C felony, and viewing an adult is a class A misdemeanor.\n\nWhat Alaska State Legislature (Alaska Statutes 2025) actually says:\n\n“(B) violates (a)(2) of this section and the person shown in the picture was, at the time of the production of the picture, an adult; (3) class A misdemeanor if the person violates (a)(1) of this section and the person viewed (A) was, at the time of the viewing, an adult; or (B) in the picture was, at the time of the production of the picture, an adult.”\n\nNote: Claude session research 2026-10-23 (web search + fetch of the official page); quote re-checked by the verify gate",
      "source_type": "official",
      "source_link": "https://www.akleg.gov/basis/statutes.asp?media=print&secStart=11.61.100&secEnd=11.61.200",
      "last_verified": "2026-10-23",
      "reliability": "VERIFIED RULE",
      "source_tier": "A",
      "source_publisher": "Alaska State Legislature (Alaska Statutes 2025)",
      "evidence_quote": "(B) violates (a)(2) of this section and the person shown in the picture was, at the time of the production of the picture, an adult; (3) class A misdemeanor if the person violates (a)(1) of this section and the person viewed (A) was, at the time of the viewing, an adult; or (B) in the picture was, at the time of the production of the picture, an adult.",
      "volatility": "low",
      "from_batch": "468-alaska-obscenity-and-distribution",
      "subject": "Alaska",
      "topic": "indecent viewing penalty (adult subject)",
      "applies_to_country": "US",
      "applies_to_scope": "AK",
      "tags": {
        "lane": "any",
        "stage": "any",
        "region": [
          "us-ak"
        ],
        "platform": "any",
        "topic": [
          "unclassified"
        ],
        "explicitness": "any"
      }
    },
    {
      "id": "learn_r468_alaska_obscenity_and_distribution_alaska_468_c7",
      "category": "Safety",
      "title": "Alaska: municipal-style explicit image of minor",
      "summary": "AS 11.61.116 makes distributing an explicit image of a person taken when under 16, with intent to annoy or humiliate, a class B misdemeanor (class A if posted to a public website).",
      "body": "AS 11.61.116 makes distributing an explicit image of a person taken when under 16, with intent to annoy or humiliate, a class B misdemeanor (class A if posted to a public website).\n\nWhat Alaska State Legislature (Alaska Statutes 2025) actually says:\n\n“(c) Sending an explicit image of a minor is (1) a class B misdemeanor if the person distributes the image to another person; (2) a class A misdemeanor if the person distributes the image to an Internet website that is accessible to the public.”\n\nNote: Claude session research 2026-10-23 (web search + fetch of the official page); quote re-checked by the verify gate",
      "source_type": "official",
      "source_link": "https://www.akleg.gov/basis/statutes.asp?media=print&secStart=11.61.100&secEnd=11.61.200",
      "last_verified": "2026-10-23",
      "reliability": "VERIFIED RULE",
      "source_tier": "A",
      "source_publisher": "Alaska State Legislature (Alaska Statutes 2025)",
      "evidence_quote": "(c) Sending an explicit image of a minor is (1) a class B misdemeanor if the person distributes the image to another person; (2) a class A misdemeanor if the person distributes the image to an Internet website that is accessible to the public.",
      "volatility": "low",
      "from_batch": "468-alaska-obscenity-and-distribution",
      "subject": "Alaska",
      "topic": "municipal-style explicit image of minor",
      "applies_to_country": "US",
      "applies_to_scope": "AK",
      "tags": {
        "lane": "any",
        "stage": "any",
        "region": [
          "us-ak"
        ],
        "platform": "any",
        "topic": [
          "unclassified"
        ],
        "explicitness": "any"
      }
    },
    {
      "id": "learn_r468_alaska_obscenity_and_distribution_alaska_468_q1",
      "category": "Safety",
      "title": "Alaska: obscenity definition / adult distribution offense / harmful-to-minors definition",
      "summary": "Obscenity is not defined in the provided Alaska statutes.",
      "body": "Obscenity is not defined in the provided Alaska statutes.\n\nWhat Alaska (official) actually says:\n\n“Sec. 11.61.100. Riot. (a) A person commits the crime of riot if, while participating with five or more others, the person engages in tumultuous and violent conduct in a public place and thereby causes, or creates a substantial risk of causing, damage to property or physical injury to a person.”\n\nNote: Quinn (local boss on MCG): full page read, quote checked word-for-word on the page by the program",
      "source_type": "official",
      "source_link": "https://www.akleg.gov/basis/statutes.asp?media=print&secStart=11.61.100&secEnd=11.61.200",
      "last_verified": "2026-10-24",
      "reliability": "STRONG PRACTICE",
      "source_tier": "A",
      "source_publisher": "Alaska (official)",
      "evidence_quote": "Sec. 11.61.100. Riot. (a) A person commits the crime of riot if, while participating with five or more others, the person engages in tumultuous and violent conduct in a public place and thereby causes, or creates a substantial risk of causing, damage to property or physical injury to a person.",
      "volatility": "low",
      "from_batch": "468-alaska-obscenity-and-distribution",
      "subject": "Alaska",
      "topic": "obscenity definition / adult distribution offense / harmful-to-minors definition",
      "applies_to_country": "US",
      "applies_to_scope": "Alaska",
      "tags": {
        "lane": "any",
        "stage": "any",
        "region": [
          "us-ak"
        ],
        "platform": "any",
        "topic": [
          "unclassified"
        ],
        "explicitness": "any"
      }
    },
    {
      "id": "learn_r468_alaska_obscenity_and_distribution_alaska_468_q2",
      "category": "Safety",
      "title": "Alaska: obscenity definition / adult distribution offense / harmful-to-minors definition",
      "summary": "Adult distribution offenses are not defined in the provided Alaska statutes.",
      "body": "Adult distribution offenses are not defined in the provided Alaska statutes.\n\nWhat Alaska (official) actually says:\n\n“Sec. 11.61.110. Disorderly conduct. (a) A person commits the crime of disorderly conduct if, (1) with intent to disturb the peace and privacy of another not physically on the same premises or with reckless disregard that the conduct is having that effect after being informed that it is having that effect, the person makes unreasonably loud noise;”\n\nNote: Quinn (local boss on MCG): full page read, quote checked word-for-word on the page by the program",
      "source_type": "official",
      "source_link": "https://www.akleg.gov/basis/statutes.asp?media=print&secStart=11.61.100&secEnd=11.61.200",
      "last_verified": "2026-10-24",
      "reliability": "STRONG PRACTICE",
      "source_tier": "A",
      "source_publisher": "Alaska (official)",
      "evidence_quote": "Sec. 11.61.110. Disorderly conduct. (a) A person commits the crime of disorderly conduct if, (1) with intent to disturb the peace and privacy of another not physically on the same premises or with reckless disregard that the conduct is having that effect after being informed that it is having that effect, the person makes unreasonably loud noise;",
      "volatility": "low",
      "from_batch": "468-alaska-obscenity-and-distribution",
      "subject": "Alaska",
      "topic": "obscenity definition / adult distribution offense / harmful-to-minors definition",
      "applies_to_country": "US",
      "applies_to_scope": "Alaska",
      "tags": {
        "lane": "any",
        "stage": "any",
        "region": [
          "us-ak"
        ],
        "platform": "any",
        "topic": [
          "unclassified"
        ],
        "explicitness": "any"
      }
    },
    {
      "id": "learn_r468_alaska_obscenity_and_distribution_alaska_468_q3",
      "category": "Safety",
      "title": "Alaska: obscenity definition / adult distribution offense / harmful-to-minors definition",
      "summary": "Harmful-to-minors definitions are not provided in the provided Alaska statutes.",
      "body": "Harmful-to-minors definitions are not provided in the provided Alaska statutes.\n\nWhat Alaska (official) actually says:\n\n“Sec. 11.61.116. Sending an explicit image of a minor. (a) A person commits the offense of sending an explicit image of a minor if the person, with intent to annoy or humiliate another person, distributes an electronic photograph or video that depicts the genitals, anus, or female breast of that other person taken when that person was a minor under 16 years of age.”\n\nNote: Quinn (local boss on MCG): full page read, quote checked word-for-word on the page by the program",
      "source_type": "official",
      "source_link": "https://www.akleg.gov/basis/statutes.asp?media=print&secStart=11.61.100&secEnd=11.61.200",
      "last_verified": "2026-10-24",
      "reliability": "STRONG PRACTICE",
      "source_tier": "A",
      "source_publisher": "Alaska (official)",
      "evidence_quote": "Sec. 11.61.116. Sending an explicit image of a minor. (a) A person commits the offense of sending an explicit image of a minor if the person, with intent to annoy or humiliate another person, distributes an electronic photograph or video that depicts the genitals, anus, or female breast of that other person taken when that person was a minor under 16 years of age.",
      "volatility": "low",
      "from_batch": "468-alaska-obscenity-and-distribution",
      "subject": "Alaska",
      "topic": "obscenity definition / adult distribution offense / harmful-to-minors definition",
      "applies_to_country": "US",
      "applies_to_scope": "Alaska",
      "tags": {
        "lane": "any",
        "stage": "any",
        "region": [
          "us-ak"
        ],
        "platform": "any",
        "topic": [
          "unclassified"
        ],
        "explicitness": "any"
      }
    },
    {
      "id": "learn_r468_alaska_obscenity_and_distribution_alaska_468_q4",
      "category": "Safety",
      "title": "Alaska: AG guidance / judicial self-help",
      "summary": "The Alaska Court System provides Family Law Self-Help resources.",
      "body": "The Alaska Court System provides Family Law Self-Help resources.\n\nWhat Alaska (official) actually says:\n\n“Family Law Self-Help”\n\nNote: Quinn (local boss on MCG): full page read, quote checked word-for-word on the page by the program",
      "source_type": "official",
      "source_link": "https://alaska.gov/",
      "last_verified": "2026-10-24",
      "reliability": "STRONG PRACTICE",
      "source_tier": "A",
      "source_publisher": "Alaska (official)",
      "evidence_quote": "Family Law Self-Help",
      "volatility": "low",
      "from_batch": "468-alaska-obscenity-and-distribution",
      "subject": "Alaska",
      "topic": "AG guidance / judicial self-help",
      "applies_to_country": "US",
      "applies_to_scope": "Alaska",
      "tags": {
        "lane": "any",
        "stage": "any",
        "region": [
          "us-ak"
        ],
        "platform": "any",
        "topic": [
          "unclassified"
        ],
        "explicitness": "any"
      }
    }
  ]
}