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Michigan bill seeks to ban porn, erotic ASMR, and more


The act also prohibits depictions and descriptions of trans people.

The bill's list includes pornography in the form of videos, erotica, magazines, stories, manga, AI-generated material, live feeds, and sound clips, but doesn't stop there. "The bill would completely erase trans people online, equating them with porn," Mike Stabile, director of public policy at adult industry trade organization, the Free Speech Coalition, posted on Bluesky. These bills are happening in conjunction with state age-verification laws, which require proof of age (like a facial scan or government ID) to view explicit content.

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