Crime & Safety
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Sen. Camilleri says midterms could decide Michigan’s kids’ online safety bills
Michigan’s Senate passed a bipartisan plan to protect kids from addictive feeds and AI chatbots. Now it’s stuck in the House. Its sponsor says November could decide its fate.
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Local leaders want Big Tech held accountable for online scams
Michiganders join national speakers at Hannan Senior Center on Sept. 30 to push for accountability from tech companies whose platforms spread and profit from scams.
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AI scams target Michigan seniors while Meta profits
AI-generated deepfakes are draining Michigan seniors’ savings while Meta profits from the ads pushing them. State agencies are racing to catch up.
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Michigan set to receive $171M from Meta in landmark child safety reform settlement
The Great Lakes State joins dozens of others who will receive millions of dollars as the social media giant implements stricter rules for its youngest users.
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What a new report reveals about Jeffrey Epstein’s years in Northern Michigan
A two-year investigation commissioned by the Interlochen Center for the Arts documented 70 accounts of sexual abuse spanning six decades—including two new allegations against Jeffrey Epstein. Nobody is investigating them.
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AI surveillance cameras are here—and Michiganders are demanding regulation
From the streets to the State Capitol, Michiganders are advocating for legislation that regulates how law enforcement agencies use automatic license plate reader cameras to protect residents, their data, and their privacy from misuse.
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‘This pressure cooker is brewing’: Bills to ease Michigan’s prison safety crisis remain stuck on the House’s watch
Michigan’s prisons are dangerously short-staffed, with officers forced to work 16-hour shifts and assaults on the rise. The state Legislature passed a fix 17 months ago. It still hasn’t reached the governor’s desk.
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Michigan drivers hit again by texts for unpaid tolls
No, you did not violate Michigan law by a “failure to pay electronic toll.” Or missing a payment for a “parking violation.” Or a “speeding violation.”
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‘Heartbreaking’: Whitmer, Michigan electeds denounce attack on Jewish community in West Bloomfield
As federal, state and local law enforcement agencies continue to investigate the motives and the identity of a suspect who rammed a vehicle into West Bloomfield’s Temple Israel and opened fire before being killed by a security officer, Michigan’s elected officials offered prayers, denounced violence and called for an end to intimidation against the state’s…
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Temple Israel attack: Kids ‘just thought an alarm had gone off’
When an attacker rammed his truck through the doors of Temple Israel in West Bloomfield, staffers in the building defaulted to the training they’d received repeatedly in the face of growing anti-semitism.
