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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dracotay
Blocked1990? dang :/
Memphiria650
MemberBelieve it or not, this was my catalyst to draw a sexy skunk female of my own design. Read W.Kelly's "Pogo" strip for years when younger. Didn't understand all the political satire of it at the time but sure loved the artwork!! Found out later he was an animator for Disney and worked on the original "Fantasia" film which in itself still remains a milestone in animation and music. Thank you E.S. for this and rekindling some great memories.
Sputty
MemberFucking adorable. Love the artwork made within 1990's limitations, too. Feels like I was a furry back in the 90's somehow
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