The French government is working on a law that could threaten the free internet. The so-called SREN bill (‘Projet de loi visant à sécuriser et réguler l’espace numérique’) would require web browsers to block websites in the browsers themselves. It would set a dangerous precedent, providing a playbook for other governments to also turn browsers into #censorship tools.

Sign #Mozilla petition to stop #France from forcing browsers to censor websites

https://foundation.mozilla.org/en/campaigns/sign-our-petition-to-stop-france-from-forcing-browsers-like-mozillas-firefox-to-censor-websites/

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That will probably be:

1) ignored by browser makers as long as it's just France

2) shot down by an EU court

However they'll then try to push it into EU law, which is where it gets a lot more dangerous. So best to stop the French early (this has been historically true aa well :-).

Agreed: best to stop the French early 😄