Total porn ban proposed by Michigan lawmakers. (Fox2, Detroit)

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https://www.fox2detroit.com/news/total-porn-ban-proposed-michigan-lawmakers

adults and children.
Well, that solves the "age verification" problem.

Look up "unintended consequences" if you will.
Reminder, this is only a proposal, referred to committee.

LANSING, Mich. (FOX 2) - Michigan lawmakers proposed a bill last week banning porn.

House Bill 4938, called the "Anticorruption of Public Morals Act," would prohibit the distribution of "real, animated, digitally generated, written, or auditory" depictions of sexual acts. The bill breaks down the types of acts covered, including intercourse and masturbation.

The bill also includes a section that takes aim at transgender individuals by prohibiting material "that includes a disconnection between biology and gender by an individual of 1 biological sex imitating, depicting, or representing himself or herself to be of the other biological sex."

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The bill would require internet service providers in Michigan to use filters to prevent people from seeing the prohibited material.

If the bill were to become law, violators could be looking at prison time or hefty fines. Distributing the prohibited material or making it available online would carry a maximum prison sentence of 20 years and/or a $100,000 fine. If more than 100 pieces of prohibited material are involved, that penalty jumps to 25 years in prison and/or a fine up to $125,000.

What's next:

The bill was referred to the Committee on Judiciary.
No meetings have been scheduled for the committee to review the proposed law.
Perhaps some sessions to review material in question?

ETA: spirited discussion on Hacker News
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45255921