France’s browser-based website blocking proposal will set a disastrous precedent for the open internet
In a well-intentioned yet dangerous move to fight online fraud, France is on the verge of forcing browsers to create a dystopian technical capability. Article 6 (para II and III) of the SREN Bill would force browser providers to create the means to mandatorily block websites present on a government provided list. Such a move will overturn decades of established content moderation norms and provide a playbook for authoritarian governments that will easily negate the existence of censorship circumvention tools.
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"Well intentioned" my pasty white ass it's well intentioned, they know exactly what they are doing. Fuck these people
In French we have an expression "la route de l'enfer est pavé de bonnes intention".
I guess in english its " the hell's road is made with good intentions"
We have the same saying in English:
The road to Hell is paved with Good Intentions.
Oh thanks mate
No worries 👍 always happy to have cultural exchange
Goes to show, we're not that different after all.
Everyone wants to destroy the open Internet. Our own reichfuhrer has introduced C-11 which sticks the governments fingers directly into websites, and C-18 which ends the universal concept that hyperlinking is free of charge.
At the rate we're going, the free and open internet will be a memory I tell my great grandkids about, like using the analog telephone to get on the internet at 9600bps on a computer with much less computing power than my wristwatch.
yeah cause thats bullshit. no biggie, but I had a 36.6kbps modem. its nice to be elite
France is taking the lead for the fascism in the World.
We dont have the capital but we have ideas.
Right now in the EU :
EU’s Draconian Social Media Censorship Laws Are Now Officially Enforceable
EU capitals want media law carve-out to spy on reporters
Right now in France :
Criminalization of encryption : the 8 december case
France grants police power to spy on citizens through phones
Just Internet? Browsers are client side software. It's a danger to open computing in general.
This law is written by tech illiterate old seniles that do not understand Internet. This law will be fucking pointless, it will take seconds to go past it.
I'll just keep living in my third world country where they are too stupid or poor to enact these dystopian policies
Oh don't worry, they'll reach you wether you like it or not