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Sign our petition to stop France from forcing browsers like Mozilla's Firefox to censor websites (foundation.mozilla.org)

submitted 1 year ago by BentiGorlich@gehirneimer.de to c/privacy@lemmy.ml

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

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[–] kersploosh@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Maybe this is a stupid question, but how does France have jurisdiction to force features into a web browser made by an American company?

[–] Waltzy@feddit.uk 2 points 1 year ago

They are free to try and compel them and Mozilla would be free to stop operating in France.