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
![Embed prevented alt text](https://lemmy.ml/pictrs/image/2219f23e-95a5-4e1a-b690-f9cfd19b72f2.jpeg?format=webp&thumbnail=256)
The French government is considering a law that would require web browsers – like Mozilla's Firefox – to block websites chosen by the government.
You're viewing a single thread.
As always I am reminded that governments are run by the tech illiterate.
168 0 ReplyIf they were run by techies, they'd do even more damage. Authoritarianism is the issue, not tech literacy.
95 1 ReplyFor real - look at the damage “tech literate” corporate leaders are doing to the internet in particular, and society in general. The issue is less about knowledge and aptitude, and more about morals and ethics, and how those principles interact with the desire for profitability driven by investors and owners.
23 1 Reply
On one hand, yeah
On the other hand, I'm scared about the day when someone who is tech literate gets into government and tries to push stuff like this
17 0 ReplyCan't they just put a metal box with a guard around the entire internet?
It is just a black box with a blinking light anyway.
Although the guard might get tired from climbing the stairs of the Elizabeth tower every day.
11 0 ReplyElizabeth tower every day.
because the internet has the best reception up there?
4 0 ReplyIt crowd 🤣
3 0 Reply