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/
We still have a Discord server, come talk to us!
Want to advertise on e621? Click here!
Mdf
MemberAww.
Hopefully 2021 is better because this year sucked in general. Well, actually I'm still alive, the family is together, and the house hasn't burned down so I still got that going.
Be thankful for what you do got, because it can be taken from you quick as a sandwings pounce.
XaNaDo
MemberAin't that the truth...
Hellroth56
MemberPreach it
Dark Flame
BlockedAmen.
Single Wrinkle
Memberyea part of my house burnt down
danthewolf23
Memberyeah blew up the microwave on purpose out of boredom
Acacius92
MemberEh... never was a fan of pseudophilosophic optimism.
Shenlor
MemberAaaww... :3
sunRay04
MemberThe blush is so cute
EarlyWizard
MemberThis is adorable..
Login to respond »