§ 14-3-501 — Definitions

Wyoming § 14-3-501

• Jurisdiction: Wyoming
• Title 14: Children
• Ch. 3: PROTECTION
• Art. 5: AGE VERIFICATION FOR WEBSITES WITH OBSCENE MATERIAL

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(a) As used in this article:
(i) "Access software provider" means a provider of
software, including client or server software, or enabling tools
that do any one (1) or more of the following:
(A) Filter, screen, allow or disallow content;
(B) Pick, choose, analyze or digest content;
(C) Transmit, receive, display, forward, cache,
search, subset, organize, reorganize or translate content.
(ii) "Child pornography" means as defined by W.S. 6-
4-303(a)(ii);
(iii) "Covered platform" means an entity that
operates a website that, in the regular course of business,
creates, hosts or makes available content that is material
harmful to minors that is provided by the entity, a user or
other information content provider for purposes of making a
profit. "Covered platform" includes an entity described in this
paragraph regardless of whether the entity:
(A) Earns a profit on the activities described
in this paragraph; or
(B) Creates, hosts, or makes available content
that is material harmful to minors as the sole source of income
or principal business of the entity.
(iv) "Interactive computer service" means any
information service, system or access software provider that
provides or enables computer access by multiple users to a
computer server, including specifically a service or system that
provides access to the internet and systems operated or services
offered by libraries or educational institutions;
(v) "Information content provider" means any person
that is responsible, in whole or in part, for the creation or
development of information provided through the internet or any
other interactive computer service;
(vi) "Material harmful to minors" means any picture,
image, graphic image file, film, videotape or other visual
depiction that is obscene or is child pornography;
(vii) "Minor" means a person who has not attained the
age of eighteen (18) years;
(viii) "Obscene" means as defined by W.S. 6-4-
301(a)(iii);
(ix) "Reasonable age verification measures" include:
(A) A Wyoming driver's license as defined by
W.S. 31-7-102(a)(xxv);
(B) A Wyoming identification card issued under
W.S. 31-8-101;
(C) A valid United States passport;
(D) A United States military card;
(E) A tribal identification card;
(F) A driver's license or identification card
issued by any state or outlying possession of the United States;
(G) A credit card, except for cards that do not
require the person in ownership of the credit card account to be
eighteen (18) years of age or older;
(H) A debit card, except for cards that do not
require the person in ownership of the debit card account to be
eighteen (18) years of age or older;
(J) Any other means or method that reliably and
accurately can determine whether a user of a covered platform is
a minor.