Michigan HB4938

A bill to prohibit the distribution of certain material on the internet that corrupts the public morals

"Prohibited material" means: [...] (B) Is a depiction, description, or simulation, whether real, animated, digitally generated, written, or auditory, 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 by means of a combination of attire, cosmetology, or prosthetics, or as having a reproductive nature contrary to the individual's biological sex.

Sec. 4. (1) An internet platform, website, or social media service that is accessible by a user in this state shall update its terms of service and content policies to explicitly prohibit any hosting, promotion, indexing, linking to, or access of prohibited material. (2) An internet platform, website, or social media service that is accessible by a user in this state shall implement content moderation tools, such as: (a) Artificial intelligence driven filtering technology for preemptive removal of prohibited material. (b) Human review teams responsible for content evaluation and enforcement. (c) A public reporting mechanism with a 2-business-day response time for law enforcement-flagged content. (d) Automatic account suspension or permanent bans for repeat offenders.