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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Watermine30
MemberWho WOULDN'T want a free cat?
Pennsy
Memberthose who are catphobic
Strikerman
Janitorpeople with cat allergies
Mystogan Vokunkiin
MemberNot much of a cat lover. But, I will make an exception for this cutie. <3
Meowge
Membercowards
A Dopey Robot
MemberI agree.
Filtration is a hassle.
dracotay
Blockedye
DirtyRatMatt
MemberSphynx cats exist, though.
Gopher chucks
MemberFor those not in the know, the pose referenced and mentioned in the desc. (box included) is from the poster of the bonkers 1993 movie Boxing Helena. Had to do a double take when I first saw this pic lol.
milesseventh
Memberбудь у меня такой кот, я может и не женился бы
Onemanband
MemberYou fool, you think that will stop me?
KasiTheYeen
MemberFacts
TastyDonuts6
Memberpeople who aren't in a financial position to be able to provide a stable enough home and care for the critter.
Influx
MemberBut cat
ToyBoxOfJoy
MemberIt's a reference to a 1963 photo by Ruth Bernhard, titled In the Box, Horizontal. I think Boxing Helena's poster is paying homage to the same photo.
( I know this because... I gave the reference to Toki. )
PhantomOfTheFurryCon
Memberpeople who are allergic to cats
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