{"id":13504,"date":"2023-08-22T14:56:53","date_gmt":"2023-08-22T14:56:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/TheNextWeb=1399178"},"modified":"2023-08-22T14:56:53","modified_gmt":"2023-08-22T14:56:53","slug":"impending-french-law-threatens-the-free-internet-mozilla-warns","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.londonchiropracter.com\/?p=13504","title":{"rendered":"Impending French law threatens the free internet, Mozilla warns"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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The French government is close to passing a new law that threatens the free internet, Mozilla<\/a> has warned.<\/p>\n

Named SREN<\/a><\/span>, the bill ostensibly aims to fight online fraud, but its approach has sparked alarm. The concerns centre on a requirement for web browsers<\/a> to block sites listed on a government-provided list. Critics fear that the plan will turn browsers into censorship tools.<\/span><\/p>\n

Mozilla, which makes the Firefox browser, is among the most vociferous opponents of the bill. According to the non-profit, the rules would be disastrous for the open internet and create a dangerous yardstick for autocrats.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cSuch a move will overturn decades of established content moderation norms and provide a playbook for authoritarian governments that will easily negate the existence of censorship circumvention tools,\u201d Udbhav<\/span> Tiwari, head of global product policy at Mozilla,<\/span> said in a blogpost<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Tiwari advocates an alternative approach to tackling online fraud. Instead of integrating government block lists within browsers, he<\/span> suggests using existing malware and phishing protection solutions.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cForcing browsers to create capabilities that enable website blocking at the browser level is a slippery slope,\u201d Tiwari added.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cWhile it might be leveraged only for malware and phishing in France today, it will set a precedent and create the technical capability within browsers for whatever a government might want to restrict or criminalize in a given jurisdiction forever.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Thus far, the plea appears to have fallen on deaf ears. The French government is currently fast-tracking the bill, and aims to vote on the proposals this autumn. In an effort to stop the blocking rule from becoming law, Mozilla has launched a petition against the plan. You can sign it for yourself here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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