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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MemberAri, I wanna take the time to say. You’re an amazing artist. I doubt you’ll ever see this little ole comment but.
Know that myself and im sure many others can agree - thank you for your artwork. I have seen lots of it. Sadly some of my fav’s of yours arn’t on E621 but i’ve seen lots of what you’ve done! It is amazing, you put so much time and beautiful effort into them. You’re wonderful at what you do. Never give it up! Many of us and especially myself love seeing your creations! Thank you so much! They are truly elegant. Hope you’re staying safe during these hard times, take care! Much love to you and everyone! 💜
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