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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the mistery z
MemberAh yes, dog walks dog
WannacrI
MemberYou know, there's a magical box at the bottom of your settings page on this site. You put in tags you don't like and you never have to see them again! Technology is incredible.
screetonic
MemberBestiality is a blacklisted tag by default, meaning you had to intentionally remove it to see this post.
AroraSY
MemberNo it's not. I blacklisted so many weird... "stuff" and keep going.
meatfactory
MemberIt only applies to new accounts made after the change date
LunaticBat
MemberExercising and bonding at the same time <3
Vas
MemberYea, there was nothing in my blacklist by default. There is a default blacklist for non-registered users however, but when you join, its a blank blacklist.
Ah, that would explain it actually. :P I guess they had too many people rage about the site having a lot of bad content on it and too many stupid people who don't know how to blacklist. xD
user 1364530
Membersensational
CanineAtNight
MemberRemind me of that jasonafwx comic
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