Michigan's ProtectMiChild Registry, which helps keep kids safe from adult-oriented ads via text and email, is now offering protection on social media accounts as well, Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson announced yesterday (Thursday).
ProtectMiChild.com has been offered by the Secretary of State since 2014. Families and schools can use it to block ads for products like alcohol, tobacco, pornography and online gambling from reaching children's email inboxes, tablets, cell phones or instant messenger IDs.
Unspam, the company that provides governments with do-not-contact services, has now expanded its coverage to include protection from ads on Snapchat, Instagram and Twitter without affecting the way the apps are used.
Concerned parents or schools can register the electronic addresses for any devices children use at ProtectMiChild.com.
Michigan became the first state in the nation to launch a child protection registry in 2005.
