The idea behind the Michigan Children's Protection Registry Act was simple: protect children from viewing adult content online by letting parents sign up for a registry that would officially bar purveyors of adult products from emailing any addresses on the list.
A U.S. Circuit Court this week will begin preliminary hearings in an online child pornography case that could dramatically change punishments for downloading sexually explicit images of minors.
Following word that a producer has been recruiting male students on several Michigan college campuses to star in gay porn, administrators are warning students that participating in such shoots could result in disciplinary action.
Michigan, among several other states, is considering drafting new legislation that would require Internet dating sites to disclose whether they have conducted criminal background checks on clients.
A bill on the Michigan governor's desk would create a registry of children's email addresses and prohibit the sending of messages about adult products to those addresses.
A new law signed by the state's Governor Jennifer Granholm will legally require bookstores, video retailers, magazine kiosks, and all media retail outlets to conceal sexually explicit materials from minors
