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      "id": "learn_r220_michigan_age_verification_as_it_lands_on_a_creator_220_mi_1_statute_absence",
      "category": "Safety",
      "title": "[Unverified - being checked] Michigan Compiled Laws: Safety.legal",
      "summary": "[Unverified - being checked] Michigan has no age-verification statute in force as of 2026-09-29; the MCL keyword search for 'age verification' returned zero results across all MCL divisions and the Chapter Index contains no chapter titled or categorized as an age-verification law.",
      "body": "Michigan has no age-verification statute in force as of 2026-09-29; the MCL keyword search for 'age verification' returned zero results across all MCL divisions and the Chapter Index contains no chapter titled or categorized as an age-verification law.\n\nWhat Michigan Legislature actually says:\n\n“Document Type(s): MCL\n\n(0 results found)”\n\nNote: Searches run on Michigan Legislature MCL Search page: 'age verification', 'age', 'minor protection', 'sex commerce', 'obscenity', 'harmful to minors' — all returned 0 results. Chapter 722 (Children) index reviewed in full; no age-verification act listed. MCL keyword search appears to match only statute names/catchlines, not full text, so a provision named differently could be missed — hence confidence 'high' on absence from the index but 'contested' on absence from the full code body.",
      "source_type": "official",
      "source_link": "https://www.legislature.mi.gov/Search/ExecuteSearch?searchText=age+verification&docTypes=MCL",
      "last_verified": "2026-09-29",
      "reliability": "VERIFIED RULE",
      "source_tier": "A",
      "source_publisher": "Michigan Legislature",
      "evidence_quote": "Document Type(s): MCL\n\n(0 results found)",
      "volatility": "medium",
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    {
      "id": "learn_r220_michigan_age_verification_as_it_lands_on_a_creator_220_mi_2_chapter722_index",
      "category": "Safety",
      "title": "[Unverified - being checked] Michigan Compiled Laws Chapter 722 Children: Safety.legal",
      "summary": "[Unverified - being checked] The Michigan Legislature's Chapter 722 index lists no statute titled or described as an age-verification law; the closest existing provisions are Act 33 of 1978 (disseminating sexually explicit matter to minors) and Act 238 of 1975 (child protection), neither of which imposes a digital age-verification duty on individual creators.",
      "body": "The Michigan Legislature's Chapter 722 index lists no statute titled or described as an age-verification law; the closest existing provisions are Act 33 of 1978 (disseminating sexually explicit matter to minors) and Act 238 of 1975 (child protection), neither of which imposes a digital age-verification duty on individual creators.\n\nWhat Michigan Legislature actually says:\n\n“Chapter 722\n\nCHILDREN\n\nDocument Type Description\nAct 33 of 1978 Statute DISSEMINATING, EXHIBITING, OR DISPLAYING SEXUALLY EXPLICIT MATTER TO MINORS (722.671...722.684)\nAct 238 of 1975 Statute CHILD PROTECTION LAW (722.621-722.638)”\n\nNote: Chapter index opened and read in full; no act with 'age verification' in title or description. Act 33 of 1978 criminalizes disseminating sexually explicit matter to minors but does not mandate age-verification systems or impose duties on individual creators uploading their own content.",
      "source_type": "official",
      "source_link": "https://www.legislature.mi.gov/Home/GetObject?objectName=mcl-chap722",
      "last_verified": "2026-09-29",
      "reliability": "VERIFIED RULE",
      "source_tier": "A",
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      "evidence_quote": "Chapter 722\n\nCHILDREN\n\nDocument Type Description\nAct 33 of 1978 Statute DISSEMINATING, EXHIBITING, OR DISPLAYING SEXUALLY EXPLICIT MATTER TO MINORS (722.671...722.684)\nAct 238 of 1975 Statute CHILD PROTECTION LAW (722.621-722.638)",
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      "subject": "Michigan Compiled Laws Chapter 722 Children",
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      "id": "learn_r220_michigan_age_verification_as_it_lands_on_a_creator_220_mi_3_act33_summary",
      "category": "Safety",
      "title": "[Unverified - being checked] Michigan Act 33 of 1978 (722.671-722.684): Safety.legal",
      "summary": "[Unverified - being checked] Act 33 of 1978 prohibits disseminating, exhibiting, or displaying sexually explicit matter to minors and prohibits misrepresentations facilitating that dissemination; it does not establish an age-verification duty for individual creators using third-party platforms.",
      "body": "Act 33 of 1978 prohibits disseminating, exhibiting, or displaying sexually explicit matter to minors and prohibits misrepresentations facilitating that dissemination; it does not establish an age-verification duty for individual creators using third-party platforms.\n\nWhat Michigan Legislature actually says:\n\n“AN ACT to prohibit the dissemination, exhibiting, or displaying of certain sexually explicit matter and ultra-violent explicit video games to minors; to prohibit certain misrepresentations facilitating the dissemination of sexually explicit matter and ultra-violent explicit video games to minors; to provide penalties and sanctions; to provide for declaratory judgments and injunctive relief in certain instances; to impose certain duties upon prosecuting attorneys and the circuit court; to preempt local units of government from proscribing certain conduct; and to repeal acts and parts of acts.”\n\nNote: Full act title read from legislature.mi.gov; the act's operative text was not fetched in full — only the title and enacting clause were confirmed. The claim about what the act does NOT do (no creator duty) is inferred from the act's stated scope and should be treated as 'contested' on that negative point.",
      "source_type": "official",
      "source_link": "https://www.legislature.mi.gov/Laws/MCL?objectName=mcl-Act-33-of-1978",
      "last_verified": "2026-09-29",
      "reliability": "VERIFIED RULE",
      "source_tier": "A",
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      "evidence_quote": "AN ACT to prohibit the dissemination, exhibiting, or displaying of certain sexually explicit matter and ultra-violent explicit video games to minors; to prohibit certain misrepresentations facilitating the dissemination of sexually explicit matter and ultra-violent explicit video games to minors; to provide penalties and sanctions; to provide for declaratory judgments and injunctive relief in certain instances; to impose certain duties upon prosecuting attorneys and the circuit court; to preempt local units of government from proscribing certain conduct; and to repeal acts and parts of acts.",
      "volatility": "low",
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      "id": "learn_r220_michigan_age_verification_as_it_lands_on_a_creator_220_mi_5_creator_duty_not_found",
      "category": "Safety",
      "title": "[Unverified - being checked] Individual creator age-verification duty under Michigan law: Safety.legal",
      "summary": "[Unverified - being checked] No Michigan statute was found that imposes an age-verification duty on an individual creator selling their own content through a third-party platform; the MCL search and Chapter 722 index contain no such provision, and the closest existing law (Act 33 of 1978) targets distributors of sexually explicit matter to minors, not creators using platforms.",
      "body": "No Michigan statute was found that imposes an age-verification duty on an individual creator selling their own content through a third-party platform; the MCL search and Chapter 722 index contain no such provision, and the closest existing law (Act 33 of 1978) targets distributors of sexually explicit matter to minors, not creators using platforms.\n\nWhat Michigan Legislature actually says:\n\n“AN ACT to prohibit the dissemination, exhibiting, or displaying of certain sexually explicit matter and ultra-violent explicit video games to minors; to prohibit certain misrepresentations facilitating the dissemination of sexually explicit matter and ultra-violent explicit video games to minors; to provide penalties and sanctions; to provide for declaratory judgments and injunctive relief in certain instances; to impose certain duties upon prosecuting attorneys and the circuit court; to preempt local units of government from proscribing certain conduct; and to repeal acts and parts of acts.”\n\nNote: The negative claim 'no duty exists' is based on absence of evidence from the MCL search and Chapter 722 index. The MCL keyword search does not search full statutory text, only names/catchlines, so a provision named differently could be missed. Confidence is 'contested' per instructions for absence-inferred records.",
      "source_type": "official",
      "source_link": "https://www.legislature.mi.gov/Laws/MCL?objectName=mcl-Act-33-of-1978",
      "last_verified": "2026-09-29",
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