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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ArtiusTaltrix
BlockedSexy, although that is not where the lock goes. lol
FoxWall
MemberThe good ones don't even have a padlock. The lock bit is built inside. ;3
ArtiusTaltrix
BlockedYea the Holy Trainer, although I like the look of there being an actual lock. :3
FoxWall
MemberOooh, you know your cages! <3 The annoying bit with the locks being on top is they kind of click and clack. I do think having that audio feedback is humiliating, though. ;3
ArtiusTaltrix
BlockedIf you want to eliminate that people usually just put a rubber band around the lock. But if it's ok for it to make noise and you want it to at that time the clinking is a good tease and reminder of your chaste state.
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