Showing posts with label Revenge porn. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Revenge porn. Show all posts

Monday, June 20, 2016

New Michigan laws : Revenge porn bill is now law

PA 87-88 Increases penalties for assault and battery of pregnant woman

PA 89-90 Revenge porn bill is enacted

PA 91 Provides for alternate service of legal papers when person is protected by PPO

Article here (via the Freep)
From the article:

LANSING — Nearly 150 bills were signed into law by Gov. Rick Snyder during the second quarter of 2016 dealing with everything from protections for victims of stalking and domestic violence to more mundane bills dictating what color flashing lights can be used on snow plows.

The new laws for domestic violence victims will: make it easier to process and serve notice of personal protection orders, require judges  not to let actions taken by a parent to protect their children from possible violence from another parent color their rulings on custody cases, and prohibit custody or visitation for a parent who is the perpetrator when a child has been conceived through sexual assault.

Friday, April 22, 2016

Revenge porn bill proposed by Michigan Senate

Revenge porn - when an ex lover has intimate photos of a lover and decides to publish those images in revenge when the relationship goes sour - may be illegal soon in Michigan. That is, if the bill proposed by Michigan's senate becomes law. (Please note: It's already illegal if the alleged victim is under age, because that falls under the child porn laws, which would necessarily have a sex offender registry requirement, aka SOR).

The text of the bill can be seen here on the Michigan Legislative service website. (which, as I have mentioned before, contains all sorts of information on Michigan laws (those that are already law, and those that are proposed.))

The bill will make it a misdemeanor to "disseminate" sexually explicit visual material on a computer, network, or other electronic device or medium of communication, when the person who's image is being disseminated did not consent, is being threatened, coerced or intimidated by those images, and is more than 18 years of age. A second offense under this bill is still a misdemeanor, just with a higher fine.