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VPN usage at risk in Michigan under new proposed adult content law


The "Anticorruption of Public Morals Act" would force internet service providers to monitor and block VPN connections

(Image credit: Pixabay)Primarily sponsored by Republican Josh Schriver, the House Bill 4938, or simply "Anticorruption of Public Morals Act," seeks to prohibit sharing, distributing, selling, or hosting "certain material" on the internet. This means that, if the Michigan-proposed bill passes in its current form, it could give even more levy to the likes of China, Russia, Iran, Myanmar, or Venezuela to beef up their VPN crackdown even further. Chiara is a multimedia journalist committed to covering stories to help promote the rights and denounce the abuses of the digital side of life – wherever cybersecurity, markets, and politics tangle up.

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Michigan bill, endorsed by 6 Republicans would ban "circumvention tools" such as VPNs, proxy servers, and encrypted tunneling methods, banning their use and sale in the state. It includes content generated by AI, adult manga, erotic ASMR, and "any portrayal or description of transgender people".

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