Sign our petition to stop France from forcing browsers like Mozilla's Firefox to censor websites
Sign our petition to stop France from forcing browsers like Mozilla's Firefox to censor websites
The French government is considering a law that would require web browsers – like Mozilla's Firefox – to block websites chosen by the government.
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Why forcing the browsers? Couldn't they just make a law for ISPs to block specific domains?
51 0 ReplyThis is already possible (and is actively used, mainly for piracy related websites) with the current laws.
31 0 ReplyAand it's never enough
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Too easy to bypass that with a VPN, proxy, or alternative DNS.
11 0 ReplyBut like, can't they just download the non France version of Firefox? Isn't it open source? People can just build their own, right?
18 0 ReplyYeah.
4 0 ReplyYes but 90% of the people using Firefox won't bother or notice. I already struggle trying to make all my relatives switch to Firefox, I can't imagine getting them to download a specific version or build it themselves...
3 0 ReplyBut the same applies for the other workarounds mentioned doesn't it?
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