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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MathBrony93
MemberThis is sure starting to sound like the Muggle/Pure Blood thing from Harry Potter.
KTS
MemberOh right everyone can see magic but everyone can't use magic.
cg295
MemberSounds like an average day in any fantasy game.
Cyandog182
MemberMore like they are witches while Tammy is a squib.
TJMalus
MemberThe correct response to someone saying that you shouldn't waste your time being friends with people because of innate characteristics beyond their control is not to deny that the person doesn't have those characteristics, it is to walk away as the person saying that is a despicable person.
user 485712
BlockedAh, to live in the utopia where everybody believed that! Sadly, its probably the minority view, if you consider humanity as a whole. Ostracizing or oppressing people because of innate characteristics has always been a human pastime.
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