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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BlackJackBad
MemberAwww, a dragon father is very protective of his mate! XD
hintaboco
Memberwow i love it,it's so funny.great job~ ^_^
white
Memberepic :3
darknessRising
MemberEven more so when she's pregnant, sadly this works against poor Rarity.
alittleblackbat
Memberthose fucking wings...
darknessRising
MemberDon't like 'em? Blacklist the artist and move on!
TheHuskyK9
Former StaffI don't think he meant it like that
Usuallydead
Memberhow do you get to be privileged
and good point
nightblaze
Memberprivileged is probably something mod's give to people who've shown the right qualities, but that's just me guessing.
darknessRising
MemberActually, he did.
TheHuskyK9
Former StaffHelp out the site a lot, upload a lot of images, have a lot of tag edits, being a good user, communicate well with other members, etc. Just be a good user and you'll be rewarded.
Hmmm
alittleblackbat
Memberi like the rest just fine it just the damn wings that bug me.
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