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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GoldenCarrot
MemberExcuse me, why is this tagged with my little pony?
Zer0Rebel4
MemberShes a fan character
Blackdust3r~
MemberOk... And? That's not pony. Unless we're all just missing the muzzle?
Zer0Rebel4
MemberIm confused. She has a mask on
Blackdust3r~
MemberActually, now that I'm really looking... There's nothing here to suggest MLP content... Why is it tagged MLP...? This could very easily just be anthro... Unless there's some lore that wasn't disclosed upon upload...?
Zer0Rebel4
MemberIts lore. Look at other posts such as post #3542601
You can clearly see her cutiemark. She is a fan character. There isnt much that needs to be explained with that.
Blackdust3r~
MemberAh... Then I'm an asshole and do apologize. Just isn't all that clear in this post in particular.
Zer0Rebel4
MemberIts fine
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