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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TexP88
MemberBtw, the phone number does not work.
AlphaHB
MemberI think it was a old-timey thing where on radios and tv they would blurt out a fake phone number for a skit and usually the area code was always 555. I think even now, no area code is 555. Which makes it safe to us.
Or that’s what I’ve heard. No research has been done on my part.
Cloud1335
MemberTeenagers in drama club is a redundancy
Dickard
MemberNeither of you understood the song reference apparently.
TexP88
MemberAnd now i feel stupid... thank you for that
grumpydog
MemberI am wondering if the Mothers name is "Jenny"
8675309 very popular song long ago...
Arctica-Frostbite
Member"Damn it tommy two-tone!"
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