Michigan Republican pushing pornography ban linked to porn site, records show

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Source: Detroit Metro Times

Michigan Republican pushing pornography ban linked to porn site, records show

Michigan Republican pushing pornography ban linked to porn site, records show

by Steve Neavling
October 7, 2025

A Republican state lawmaker leading a campaign to ban pornography in Michigan appears to have had an account on a pornographic hook-up website that promised users they could “find sex” and “get laid tonight,” according to records obtained by Metro Times.

State Rep. Josh Schriver, R-Oxford, who has called porn a “scourge” and compared it to heroin, introduced legislation in September to ban online pornography statewide. But data reviewed by Metro Times show that an account linked to his personal AOL email address appeared in a data breach from Fling.com, a pornographic dating site that features live web cams and promised users they could “find sex” and “get laid tonight.” An archived version of the site shows it provided access to explicit photos, videos, and live sex webcams.

For years, the website described itself as the “world’s best casual personals for adult dating, sex, and swingers.”

The leaked information, verified by the cybersecurity database SnusBase, lists Schriver’s email address and a profile indicating sexual interests including “fetish” and “groupsex.” The account was last accessed on Sept. 11, 2010, according to breach data.

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1. Oops! MI Republican Pushing Porn Ban Was A BIG Fan Of It - The Logical Leftist

What happens when a lawmaker who wants to ban pornography is found to have a history with it? In this compelling video, we investigate Michigan Republican Rep. Josh Schriver, who has introduced legislation to outlaw porn in the state, calling it a “scourge” akin to heroin.

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2. Projection is strong amongst the GOP

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3. He should know then.

If that was 2010, that was 15 ys ago. How old was he? How do we know it was his?

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5. "credential stuffing" - he uses the same handles and passwords across his digital footprint

The breach also appears to be genuine.

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4. This is a complex issue to me

I know that if I was a teenager and on demand porn was available everywhere, it would have completely warped my mind and did permanent damage to my views on sex that I would still be struggling with. As a teenager in the 80s, what I saw on TV and in movies was still very confusing.

This is freedom of expression for adults and needs to be protected, but there has to be a solution that also protects children. A more secure internet that still protects privacy needs to be conceived.

I think there needs to be a movement towards educating parents to be able to better control their children's internet habits. It's ultimately up to parents to make decisions about their own children, but too many don't monitor anything at all.