In a well-intentioned yet dangerous move to fight online fraud, France is on the verge of forcing browsers to create a dystopian technical capability. Article 6 (para II and III) of the SREN Bill would force browser providers to create the means to mandatorily block websites present on a government provided list.

I don’t agree that it’s “well-intentioned” at all but the article goes on to point out the potential for abuse by copyright holders.

cross-posted from: https://radiation.party/post/64123

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  • acastcandream@beehaw.orgEnglish
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    11 months ago

    That’s fine, but you have to understand the chilling effect this has, as well as how if people don’t push back it tells the government “why stop there?”

    I do not like slippery slope arguments generally, but in this case, they are clearly getting away at the state level with requiring IDs to browse websites. There’s no reason to believe it will stop at porn.