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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ToasterHopps
MemberThat is one way to put out a fire.
fox Crown
Blockeddead trees are actually a dangerous hazard, if struck by a lightning, they can etart a wildfire able to spread all over the forest.
It's the main reason the spruce bark beetle is so dangerous: it spread fast and leave an enprmeous amount of plants dead but still standing and, considering how light spruce wood is, a forest can turn into a trememndous fire hazard dangerously quick.
FyreFlareon
MemberAs a fire type, Flareons are a fire hazard by default.
Jakk aka Sunset
MemberI visited the western US, and it's crazy driving through Colorado and seeing thousands of dead trees.
Nord The Folf
MemberI just find it extremely hilarious how this comment is existing under an e621 post. But well said mate!
Anonymousbollwevil
MemberSo you're saying that Blue Balls Save Lives?
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