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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Koziu
MemberThank your grandfather because thanks to him we live in a better world ❤️☺️
Koziu
MemberBro, Goth style is not fetish gear. It's normal clothing style xD
Fey96
MemberNot sure why this is downvoted to hell, unless I'm totally out of the loop on drama. The art isn't even that bad.
You'd think a website used by so many queer furries would stop being whiny about LGBT pride.
user 7121
MemberYou really need to look into the history of Pride, and the part that kinksters have played in its success.
user 7121
MemberYeah, well, my lesbian great aunt served in the Navy.
So there.
Silly NaughtyGorl
Memberhuh.
Literally. We’re the most queer fandom I can think of, with a website that has gay, futa, and more getting crazy up votes. Yet, when people do something like this all the queerphobes come out to be, well, hateful.
Floofpet
MemberThat's fair. I also realized it depends on which country we're in. Like in the USA we'll just get shot for existing. My comment was partly driven by that fear.
frick
MemberIt depends on where you are in the United States, some areas are really bad and others are very supportive. :3
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