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Mozilla asks people to sign petition to stop France from forcing browsers to censor websites (foundation.mozilla.org)
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cross-posted from: https://gehirneimer.de/m/privacy@lemmy.ml/t/57607

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

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[-] jsdz@lemmy.ml 44 points 1 year ago

France has no more right to compel Mozilla to incorporate censorship into its web browser than it has to force authors to incorporate a paragraph of text praising the French Republic at the start of every book they write. I refuse to believe that things are so far gone in France that this law will not be knocked over if Mozilla pushes forcefully against it.

[-] sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works 13 points 1 year ago

But will anyone think of the children???

I'm so done with censorship nonsense. If someone is breaking your laws, persecute them. If not, let speech remain free.

[-] sour@kbin.social 6 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

merde

https://imgur.com/a/kdTjDdP

[-] Neon@kbin.social 2 points 1 year ago

pfp checks out

[-] Cris_Color@lemm.ee 1 points 1 year ago

I don't speak French, but- oui :(

[-] merde@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 year ago

sour

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[-] doppelgangmember@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

I signed

Appropriate

[-] rambos@lemm.ee 1 points 1 year ago

Whats wrong with french government?

[-] gordonthefatengine@lemm.ee -3 points 1 year ago

Meanwhile, Mozilla themselves in 2021:

https://blog.mozilla.org/en/mozilla/we-need-more-than-deplatforming/

[-] RealJoL@feddit.de 6 points 1 year ago

3 out of 4 of these demands presented in the link are measures for more transparency. I do not understand the parallels you're trying to draw?

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