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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Jaycemonde
MemberYeah, thanks. I didn't realize I'd get fucked over by the download/upload process and when I noticed I was too tired to do anything about it. I'll probably delete the .jpgs now.
Would you mind if I stuck my disclaimer on the descriptions? I'm sure it doesn't really mean a lot to people on this website but it'd make me feel better.
Twitch
MemberI don't think your disclaimer is that important. It's pretty obvious that she's intersex, and we don't tag for made-up pronouns. What's the problem?
Jaycemonde
MemberNo problem at all worth explaining to you, no worries. Just my preference as the legal owner of my own online representation.
Kyubii
MemberPeople understand it fine without some disclaimer. Someone fucks the tags, I'll fix them.
Jaycemonde
MemberI guess the worst that can happen with any art of me is that whatever tags get applied will still fall in line with the right pronouns, they just won't be 100% accurate on the genitalia. That's better than it was a few years ago. I appreciate it, thanks. You're very considerate <3
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