Sign our petition to stop France from forcing browsers like Mozilla's Firefox to censor websites
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The French government is considering a law that would require web browsers – like Mozilla's Firefox – to block websites chosen by the government.

cross-posted from: https://gehirneimer.de/m/privacy@lemmy.ml/t/57607

The French government is considering a law that would require web browsers – like Mozilla's Firefox – to block websites chosen by the government.

  • 14th_cylon@lemm.ee
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    1 year ago

    so in the download section of firefox website, there will be notice: "not recommended for use in france"

    problem solved 🤣

  • drspod@lemmy.ml
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    1 year ago

    Add your name to our petition to help stop this part of the bill from becoming law.

    Where can I find the text of the petition that they will be submitting to the French government? How do I know what I am signing if they don't actually display the petition text?

  • alcasa@lemmy.sdf.org
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    1 year ago

    Browser based blocking seems very out of touch and anything short of GFW as in China won't be very effective at actually achieving any blocking. Also enforcement client side will be impossible to control.

    So not only is the law bad, but it will only make life more difficult for legitimate persons and organizations building browsers.

  • CassowaryTom@lemmy.one
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    1 year ago

    Honestly I am mildly curious about this, but I am feeling a little too drunk and lazy at this point in my day to look it up and the linked article was not helpful. Can someone eli5 what has the French government so salty? Thanks in advance, -Cas

    • TWeaK@lemm.ee
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      1 year ago

      It's about censorship and control of the internet. The French government is looking for another way to block things, beyond ISPs.

  • Grownbravy [they/them]
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    1 year ago

    Just block all of france.

    I think the internet will actually appreciate that

  • 14th_cylon@lemm.ee
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    1 year ago

    □ I’m okay with Mozilla handling my info as explained in this Privacy Notice.

    the privacy notice doesn't relate to the poll, is as fuzzy as it can be and doesn't even come close to mentioning there is mandatory e-mail field (not talking about explaining how it is handled). i am afraid that checkbox is not going to be checked from me.

  • Lobo6780@lemm.ee
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    1 year ago

    Idk does France government knows that they can block addresses on ISP level but anyway, I'm not France government.

    • mihor@lemmy.ml
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      1 year ago

      On ISP level? Only with DNS blocking. Which is pointless since you can simply change the DNS server to some non-ISP one. That's probably why they want to force this stupidity onto browsers. Which is even more stupid and pointless.