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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Thorsten Anzomi
MemberAzaly... what part of don't upload this did you not get?
A Dopey Robot
MemberIf only the artist were on the DNP list anyone could flag, but only Azaly or the artist sergalsmilchistgut (gee what a name) can do that.
Well, a moderator should disapprove the upload soon.
Thorsten Anzomi
MemberNot an artist problem. More of a "stop uploading my stuff because I don't trust you" problem.
...meh, I'll leave it. I don't feel like filing another takedown within 24 hours for the exact same reason but on a different post.
A Dopey Robot
MemberSounds like a confusing personal thing I should leave.
I just thought maybe if Azaly or the artist were here they
could flag it regardless of DNP status. Otherwise you're stuck waiting for a moderator or resorting to the takedown filing you mentioned.
Is that a birthday hat? Happy birthday, sorry for your trust problems. PX
Thorsten Anzomi
Member...yes, it is.
MarkusMordecai
MemberHAHAHA oh this is rich....ruined my fap but certainly made my day... thank you
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