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.
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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Maybe this is a stupid question, but how does France have jurisdiction to force features into a web browser made by an American company?
11 0 ReplyThey are free to try and compel them and Mozilla would be free to stop operating in France.
18 0 ReplyWhat does "stop operating in France" even mean? It's not like they are selling their browser to the French people...
13 1 ReplyFrance would probably block Mozilla's website
9 0 ReplyThat's trivially easy for people to get around though.
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And then when in France, I can simply use some other open source browser. This kind of shows how dumb politicians are. Next up? You shouldn't be able to access dangerous software like GitHub, let's block that!
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