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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krael
Membertrashdog
Acolyte
BlockedWho'd throw out a Husky? You know how much those things cost?
GameManiac
BlockedI'm sure TheHuskyK9 felt like this when he needed therapy (and perhaps even a good hug).
MurTheHuman
MemberOh look, it's old bold and brash.
TheHuskyK9
Former StaffTruth
chrissi1990
MemberI'd take him/her with me for good. Poor little thing.
TruckNutz
BlockedThis is breaking my heart. I don't ever talk about my feelings but this is killing my heart.
...hold me.
Psychostick1911
MemberSad, but true fact
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