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!
ippiki ookami
Former StaffGood, this needed to be posted three times.
jamieRacc
MemberPEOPLE ACTUALLY WERE SO BUTTHURT ABOUT THE SHADING HE CHANGED IT
Wow, furries, wow
Rags
BlockedActually, I think this initiative that was taken to improve on something is admirable.
jamieRacc
MemberActually, I think this initiative that was taken to change something that was already pretty great on itself to begin with is kind of unnecessary. He changed the colour and removed the steam, I didn't see anything wrong with the original
jamieRacc
MemberAhaha my comment was disabled? Because I thought the original was fine and didn't need changing?
This isn't the democracy I thought it was
EightyNine
MemberWhat are you blathering about
Rystarr
MemberHe looks like he's about to go sexy hulk because the room is filled with radiation.
Login to respond »