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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MightyRaptor
MemberMmmm.
Redfern
Member"I will love'm an' hug'm an' squeeze'm an' please'm and I will call him Geo...Carver!"
user 35468
MemberI wanna know why this was considered "mature" by patreon??
werewolfwill
MemberNot all Carvers look the same Brutus.
Iago1
MemberIt's not. Tom's Patreon page is considered mature, not this specific picture.
Swiftpaws
MemberBeans
user 35468
MemberWhy does it only sometimes ask for age verification though? I check just about every day, maybe once a month it pops up, and only on his more risque pics. Not saying you're wrong btw, just wondering.
Iago1
MemberIt asks whenever the cookie that checks if you've accepted mature content gets old. This pic hasn't been marked mature on Patreon, since non-subscribed users can see it, too. The pics that have been marked adults-only require subscription to see, which is why Tom always posts those on DeviantArt, so that non-Patrons can see them.
eranormus
Memberwell, mikes ribs and possibly spine are gone now
CrazyT
MemberActually, it's because Mike is NOT wearing clothes.
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