April 10th: The bill has been vetoed!
April 2nd: The politicians in Arizona are about to sign into law a bill that would mandate sites like e621 to either impose age verification on all users or be at a risk of lawsuits. Such system would be required to go through third party vendors, who in turn must go through a government database to verify every user's age. This is not only a major violation of privacy, but it also opens up a very real danger of identity theft through phishing schemes and other methods, not to mention that we would not be able to control any of that information to make sure it is permanently deleted after age verification is complete.
Unfortunately, Arizona is the state out of which e621 operates, which means that this law will almost certainly affect us if it is to pass. If want to help us ensure that this site can continue to serve you without being required to know who you are, please ask the Arizona governor to veto this bill.
Please, help us get the word out by letting others know about this issue.
For some further information on what the bill does have a look at https://action.freespeechcoalition.com/bill/arizona-hb-2586/
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bubbahcakes
MemberOmg this is the cutest thing.
I want a giant sentient teddy bear too! ;_;
Lord-Hydreigon
Memberwait, human? I though that was an egg being brood.
bluefoxdragon
MemberLuckiest. Human. Ever.
GUNNER 24
Memberthis reminds me when i was on 3th grade and had an imaginary friend that was in fact a pokemon. i has like 7 or so. it wasn't until i was 9 when my mom told me that pokemon doesn't exist in real life. her words were so powerful for me that despite of being 20 now her words still make me sad. i dropped a tear with this image.
Miyang Draws
MemberAww it's ok.. my mother always keep it real with me telling me things weren't real. I was sad but I got over it. Cause she was right.
GUNNER 24
Memberwell i've always watched National Geographic or Discovery as a kid, no internet or cartoons of any kind. i forgot how i met Pokemon but that was new for sure.
edit: yes, i did my homework lol
GUNNER 24
Membernow this reminds me of high school. 2017 was my last year in high school. i miss my friends ;_;
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