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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ZaCour
MemberNothing irks me worse than smoking during sex. Just tells me hurry up and get done. So why bother.
High Botanist Telarn
BlockedEasy there bud, you can't be voicing your opinion like this. I may not have the fetish either but it is proven time and time again that saying something like this simply causes everyone who does to come flying out of the woodwork to angrily downvote like a swarm of pissed off bees.
Mdf
MemberIs it wrong of me to admit I'm super tempted to say "smokings bad" just inspite of this comment?
whatever4096
MemberYeah, I mean I guess you could say it makes a good thing better, but I see smoking as something you do when you're stressed out and need to relax.
Nathmurr
MemberNo. Because smoking, drugs, and alcohol ARE very unhealthy for you.
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