Oklahoma Code § 44-917A

Title 44. Militia: Wrongful broadcast or distribution of intimate visual
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images.
ARTICLE 117A.  Wrongful broadcast or distribution of intimate
visual images.
A.  Prohibition.  Any person subject to the Oklahoma Uniform
Code of Military Justice:
1.  Who knowingly and wrongfully broadcasts or distributes an
intimate visual image of another person or a visual image of
sexually explicit conduct involving a person who:
a. is at least eighteen (18) years of age at the time the
intimate visual image or visual image of sexually
explicit conduct was created,
b. is identifiable from the intimate visual image or
visual image of sexually explicit conduct itself, or
from information displayed in connection with the
intimate visual image or visual image of sexually
explicit conduct, and
c. does not explicitly consent to the broadcast or
distribution of the intimate visual image or visual
image of sexually explicit conduct;
2.  Who knows or reasonably should have known that the intimate
visual image or visual image of sexually explicit conduct was made
under circumstances in which the person depicted in the intimate
visual image or visual image of sexually explicit conduct retained a
reasonable expectation of privacy regarding any broadcast or
distribution of the intimate visual image or visual image of
sexually explicit conduct;
3.  Who knows or reasonably should have known that the broadcast
or distribution of the intimate visual image or visual image of
sexually explicit conduct is likely:
a. to cause harm, harassment, intimidation, emotional
distress, or financial loss for the person depicted in
the intimate visual image or visual image of sexually
explicit conduct, or
b. to harm substantially the depicted person with respect
to that person's health, safety, business, calling,
career, financial condition, reputation, or personal
relationships; and
4.  Whose conduct, under the circumstances, had a reasonably
direct and palpable connection to a military mission or military
environment,

is guilty of wrongful distribution of intimate visual images or
visual images of sexually explicit conduct and shall be punished as
a court-martial may direct.
B.  Definitions.  In this section:
1.  Broadcast.  The term "broadcast" means to electronically
transmit a visual image with the intent that it be viewed by a
person or persons;
2.  Distribute.  The term "distribute" means to deliver to the
actual or constructive possession of another person, including
transmission by mail or electronic means;
3.  Intimate visual image.  The term "intimate visual image"
means a visual image that depicts a private area of a person;
4.  Private area.  The term "private area" means the naked or
underwear-clad genitalia, anus, buttocks, or female areola or
nipple;
5.  Reasonable expectation of privacy.  The term "reasonable
expectation of privacy" means circumstances in which a reasonable
person would believe that a private area of the person, or sexually
explicit conduct involving the person, would not be visible to the
public;
6.  Sexually explicit conduct.  The term "sexually explicit
conduct" means actual or simulated genital-genital contact, oral-
genital contact, anal-genital contact, or oral-anal contact, whether
between persons of the same or opposite sex, bestiality,
masturbation, or sadistic or masochistic abuse; and
7.  Visual image.  The term "visual image" means the following:
a. any developed or undeveloped photograph, picture,
film, or video,
b. any digital or computer image, picture, film, or video
made by any means, including those transmitted by any
means, including streaming media, even if not stored
in a permanent format, or
c. any digital or electronic data capable of conversion
into a visual image.

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