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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Binagon
Member"From where you're kneeling it must seem like an 18-carat run of bad luck. But, truth is... the game was rigged from the start."
Bee-You-Double-El
MemberGo 'head and laugh baby, I ain't blind to the humor in this situation
numbersnumbers142
MemberRing-a-Ding!
Arkanium
Memberwhere did the follow up to this go? I can't seem to find it...
ARDY3233
Memberdon't worry I found it.
Antlerbanter
MemberI can't find it. Where?
LordDio
MemberIt is the child post under the image.
Arkanium
MemberNope, still not here...
ARDY3233
Memberyeah I had posted it but it was taken down as it was a patron exclusive at the time.
if I had known I wouldn't have posted it / commented.
but it is up now tho.
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