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.

How the fuck could a law like that possibly be enforceable? Mozilla should just tell them to go fuck themselves, offer alternative IPs so people can get around country-wide DNS blocks, and then go about their day. Who cares what some spineless country wants?

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That’s what’s happened in other countries that have tried to implement this. Unless you want to basically go the Chinese route and ban all exterior access it’s an utterly unenforceable law. Which I am sure they would have been told if they had bothered to consult anybody with domain knowledge.

because it sets a precedent. “oh france did it, its not too bad”

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