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      "id": "learn_r765_ohio_obscenity_and_distribution_oh_anchor",
      "category": "Safety",
      "title": "[Unverified - being checked] Ohio: statutory code index",
      "summary": "[Unverified - being checked] Chapter 2907 of the Ohio Revised Code contains the state's sex offenses.",
      "body": "Chapter 2907 of the Ohio Revised Code contains the state's sex offenses.\n\nWhat Ohio Legislative Service Commission actually says:\n\n“Chapter 2907 | Sex Offenses”\n\nNote: Anchor record.",
      "source_type": "official",
      "source_link": "https://codes.ohio.gov/ohio-revised-code/chapter-2907",
      "last_verified": "2026-10-15",
      "reliability": "STRONG PRACTICE",
      "source_tier": "A",
      "source_publisher": "Ohio Legislative Service Commission",
      "evidence_quote": "Chapter 2907 | Sex Offenses",
      "volatility": "low",
      "from_batch": "765-ohio-obscenity-and-distribution",
      "subject": "Ohio",
      "topic": "statutory code index",
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        ],
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          "safety.legal"
        ],
        "explicitness": "any"
      },
      "verification": {
        "status": "failed",
        "label": "Unverified - being checked",
        "reasons": [
          "hollow_body",
          "strong_label_on_weak_content"
        ],
        "checked_utc": "20261021-123916Z"
      }
    },
    {
      "id": "learn_r765_ohio_obscenity_and_distribution_oh_obscene_def",
      "category": "Safety",
      "title": "[Unverified - being checked] Ohio: obscenity definition",
      "summary": "[Unverified - being checked] Ohio defines material as obscene if, when judged as a whole with reference to ordinary adults, its dominant appeal is to prurient interest.",
      "body": "Ohio defines material as obscene if, when judged as a whole with reference to ordinary adults, its dominant appeal is to prurient interest.\n\nWhat Ohio Legislative Service Commission actually says:\n\n“(F) When considered as a whole, and judged with reference to ordinary adults or, if it is designed for sexual deviates or other specially susceptible group, judged with reference to that group, any material or performance is \"obscene\" if any of the following apply: (1) Its dominant appeal is to prurient interest;”",
      "source_type": "official",
      "source_link": "https://codes.ohio.gov/ohio-revised-code/section-2907.01",
      "last_verified": "2026-10-15",
      "reliability": "STRONG PRACTICE",
      "source_tier": "A",
      "source_publisher": "Ohio Legislative Service Commission",
      "evidence_quote": "(F) When considered as a whole, and judged with reference to ordinary adults or, if it is designed for sexual deviates or other specially susceptible group, judged with reference to that group, any material or performance is \"obscene\" if any of the following apply: (1) Its dominant appeal is to prurient interest;",
      "volatility": "low",
      "from_batch": "765-ohio-obscenity-and-distribution",
      "subject": "Ohio",
      "topic": "obscenity definition",
      "applies_to_country": "us-oh",
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          "us-oh"
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        ],
        "explicitness": "any"
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      "verification": {
        "status": "unverified",
        "label": "Unverified - being checked",
        "reasons": [
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          "source_unverifiable:fetch_failed:budget"
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      }
    },
    {
      "id": "learn_r765_ohio_obscenity_and_distribution_oh_pandering",
      "category": "Safety",
      "title": "[Unverified - being checked] Ohio: pandering obscenity",
      "summary": "[Unverified - being checked] Pandering obscenity, including selling or disseminating obscene material, is a felony of the fifth degree in Ohio.",
      "body": "Pandering obscenity, including selling or disseminating obscene material, is a felony of the fifth degree in Ohio.\n\nWhat Ohio Legislative Service Commission actually says:\n\n“(C) Whoever violates this section is guilty of pandering obscenity, a felony of the fifth degree. If the offender previously has been convicted of a violation of this section or of section 2907.31 of the Revised Code, then pandering obscenity is a felony of the fourth degree.”",
      "source_type": "official",
      "source_link": "https://codes.ohio.gov/ohio-revised-code/section-2907.32",
      "last_verified": "2026-10-15",
      "reliability": "STRONG PRACTICE",
      "source_tier": "A",
      "source_publisher": "Ohio Legislative Service Commission",
      "evidence_quote": "(C) Whoever violates this section is guilty of pandering obscenity, a felony of the fifth degree. If the offender previously has been convicted of a violation of this section or of section 2907.31 of the Revised Code, then pandering obscenity is a felony of the fourth degree.",
      "volatility": "low",
      "from_batch": "765-ohio-obscenity-and-distribution",
      "subject": "Ohio",
      "topic": "pandering obscenity",
      "applies_to_country": "us-oh",
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        ],
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          "rules.content"
        ],
        "explicitness": "any"
      },
      "verification": {
        "status": "unverified",
        "label": "Unverified - being checked",
        "reasons": [
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          "source_unverifiable:fetch_failed:budget"
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      }
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    {
      "id": "learn_r765_ohio_obscenity_and_distribution_oh_harmful",
      "category": "Safety",
      "title": "[Unverified - being checked] Ohio: harmful to juveniles",
      "summary": "[Unverified - being checked] Disseminating matter harmful to juveniles is a misdemeanor of the first degree in Ohio if the material is harmful to juveniles.",
      "body": "Disseminating matter harmful to juveniles is a misdemeanor of the first degree in Ohio if the material is harmful to juveniles.\n\nWhat Ohio Legislative Service Commission actually says:\n\n“(F) Whoever violates this section is guilty of disseminating matter harmful to juveniles. If the material or performance involved is harmful to juveniles, except as otherwise provided in this division, a violation of this section is a misdemeanor of the first degree.”",
      "source_type": "official",
      "source_link": "https://codes.ohio.gov/ohio-revised-code/section-2907.31",
      "last_verified": "2026-10-15",
      "reliability": "STRONG PRACTICE",
      "source_tier": "A",
      "source_publisher": "Ohio Legislative Service Commission",
      "evidence_quote": "(F) Whoever violates this section is guilty of disseminating matter harmful to juveniles. If the material or performance involved is harmful to juveniles, except as otherwise provided in this division, a violation of this section is a misdemeanor of the first degree.",
      "volatility": "low",
      "from_batch": "765-ohio-obscenity-and-distribution",
      "subject": "Ohio",
      "topic": "harmful to juveniles",
      "applies_to_country": "us-oh",
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    },
    {
      "id": "learn_r765_ohio_obscenity_and_distribution_oh_harmful_def",
      "category": "Safety",
      "title": "[Unverified - being checked] Ohio: harmful to juveniles definition",
      "summary": "[Unverified - being checked] Ohio defines \"harmful to juveniles\" as material or performance describing nudity, sexual conduct, sexual excitement, or sado-masochistic abuse that appeals to the prurient interest of juveniles, is patently offensive to prevailing standards in the adult community regarding what is suitable for juveniles, and lacks serious literary, artistic, political, or scientific value for juveniles.",
      "body": "Ohio defines \"harmful to juveniles\" as material or performance describing nudity, sexual conduct, sexual excitement, or sado-masochistic abuse that appeals to the prurient interest of juveniles, is patently offensive to prevailing standards in the adult community regarding what is suitable for juveniles, and lacks serious literary, artistic, political, or scientific value for juveniles.\n\nWhat Ohio Legislative Service Commission actually says:\n\n“(E) \"Harmful to juveniles\" means that quality of any material or performance describing or representing nudity, sexual conduct, sexual excitement, or sado-masochistic abuse in any form to which all of the following apply: (1) The material or performance, when considered as a whole, appeals to the prurient interest of juveniles in sex. (2) The material or performance is patently offensive to prevailing standards in the adult community as a whole with respect to what is suitable for juveniles. (3) The material or performance, when considered as a whole, lacks serious literary, artistic, political, and scientific value for juveniles.”",
      "source_type": "official",
      "source_link": "https://codes.ohio.gov/ohio-revised-code/section-2907.01",
      "last_verified": "2026-10-15",
      "reliability": "STRONG PRACTICE",
      "source_tier": "A",
      "source_publisher": "Ohio Legislative Service Commission",
      "evidence_quote": "(E) \"Harmful to juveniles\" means that quality of any material or performance describing or representing nudity, sexual conduct, sexual excitement, or sado-masochistic abuse in any form to which all of the following apply: (1) The material or performance, when considered as a whole, appeals to the prurient interest of juveniles in sex. (2) The material or performance is patently offensive to prevailing standards in the adult community as a whole with respect to what is suitable for juveniles. (3) The material or performance, when considered as a whole, lacks serious literary, artistic, political, and scientific value for juveniles.",
      "volatility": "low",
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      "verification": {
        "status": "unverified",
        "label": "Unverified - being checked",
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