As the international community comes together in solidarity against hate, Fur Affinity has also evolved to strengthen and protect our own. As part of our efforts to combat hate, we announced a rule on September 4, 2017 that outright prohibits our users from identifying with or promoting hate groups on Fur Affinity:

(Current Rule) Code of Conduct, Section 2.7 - Do not identify with or promote hate groups and their ideologies.
A hate group is one that advocates and practices hatred, hostility, or violence towards members of a designated sector of society (e.g. Nazism, KKK, ISIS). Symbols specifically associated with these groups will not be permitted in user avatars, non-fictional content, or content intended solely to disrupt the community. Users who identify with or promote hate groups and their ideologies may be permanently banned from Fur Affinity without warning.
Since then, we have removed users from our website who openly identified with these ideologies or spread hate on Fur Affinity and we feel that our community has been bettered by our efforts thanks to your help. Continuing with this momentum, we have updated the rule to be more clear and include the alt-right and alt-furry groups:

(Updated Rule) Code of Conduct, Section 2.7 - Do not identify with or promote real hate or terrorist organizations and their ideologies.
A hate group is one that advocates and practices hatred, hostility, or violence towards members of a designated sector of society (e.g. Nazism, KKK, ISIS, Alt-Right). Symbols of hate associated with these groups (e.g. Swastika, Confederate Flag, etc.) will not be permitted in user avatars, real-life photographs (unless for historical education), and content intended solely to disrupt the community. Users who identify with or promote real hate or terrorist organizations and their ideologies may be permanently banned from Fur Affinity without warning.

Why did you add Alt-Right to your examples of hate groups?

We didn’t initially recognize the Alt-Right as a hate group since the movement was relatively new and made up of many different voices. As time has passed, it has been officially classified as a hate group by many reputable organizations who closely monitor hate and terrorist group activities. We have also identified many accounts and monitored numerous, coordinated activities rooted in spreading hate and furthering instability within the community through the use of our website - these accounts have now been closed. It has been determined that the Alt-Right majorly consists of white supremacists, neo-fascists, and other fringe hate groups. If you identify as or promote Alt-Right ideologies (e.g. Alt-Furry and Furry Raiders) on Fur Affinity, you may be permanently banned.

What about Antifa, "Alt-Left" and the Alt-Light (New Right)?

At this time, we could not find enough evidence to consider Antifa a hate group and what was provided appeared to be of false-equivalence. There has been voiced concern about their operations on Fur Affinity and we have and will continue to monitor and take action against any user who promotes or encourages illegal activites and violence on our website as per our rules. Concerning the Alt-Left, there is no evidence one exists, and the Alt-Light or New Right has specifically distanced themselves from the Alt-Right and openly rejected hate and identity politics.

Will you take action against users for what they do outside of Fur Affinity?

In most circumstances, no. We do not take action against users for off-site content unless a substantial and direct correlation can be made to an incident that is imminent or occurring on Fur Affinity or involves content that the user themselves have linked to from our website. Our main focus is being an art community. If you have an issue with what someone is saying or doing on another website (e.g. Twitter, Facebook, DeviantArt), please report it to that website’s help desk for assistance.

Why use the term “real hate-based or terrorist organizations?”

It is important to differentiate between real organizations and fictional ones such as Hydra (Marvel), COBRA (G.I. Joe), The Foot Clan (TMNT), or the Death Eaters (Harry Potter).

What about fictional content that I find offensive?

Fur Affinity provides a platform for our users to exchange ideas and works of art that include variety of different themes. We understand that some users may create content that is political, religious, or use themes that may be perceived as offensive. However, artistic expression that may be offensive to some users does not necessarily mean the content violates our rules. Indiana Jones would not be who he is without his greatest enemies. Maus would not be the tragic story it is without being able to show the horror.

Fictional expression should be differentiated from the committing of real life acts. If you believe that the content posted is not intended to be fictional, grossly promotes hate and violence against a group of people, or otherwise violates any of our other rules and policies, we encourage you to report it so that our staff may review it.

We are an art site and a source of joy for many; we are committed to preserving this open, supportive community and may suspend and/or ban users who actively attempt to make Fur Affinity into a political or religious battleground. This is a particularly upsetting form of trolling and will be dealt with severely.