Michigan
Like Georgia and Tennessee, a recently proposed social media bill in Michigan would attempt to assign certain social media companies with common carrier status and legally prevent those companies from removing certain users from their platforms. Not so subtly, the bill’s called the “Social Media Censorship Prevention Act.”
Michigan’s text uses broader language then many other states, saying unspecifically that social media companies, “shall not unjustly or unlawfully discriminate against expression.” The bill seeks to prevent companies from “censoring” users based on their viewpoints as well as their geographic location. That last stipulation appears unique amongst other proposed state social media laws. The bill, if passed as written would only apply to users who live or do business in the state or who “receive expression,” in Michigan.
