this post was submitted on 18 Aug 2023
919 points (99.6% liked)

Open Source

31118 readers
285 users here now

All about open source! Feel free to ask questions, and share news, and interesting stuff!

Useful Links

Rules

Related Communities

Community icon from opensource.org, but we are not affiliated with them.

founded 5 years ago
MODERATORS
 

cross-posted from: https://gehirneimer.de/m/[email protected]/t/57607

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

you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
[–] [email protected] 13 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Honestly I am mildly curious about this, but I am feeling a little too drunk and lazy at this point in my day to look it up and the linked article was not helpful. Can someone eli5 what has the French government so salty? Thanks in advance, -Cas

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago

I posted baguette hate on this site

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

It's about censorship and control of the internet. The French government is looking for another way to block things, beyond ISPs.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

I forgot to say this at the time, but thanks for the response. You helped me to understand the issue.