[HN] Will Browsers Be Required by Law to Stop You from Visiting Infringing Sites? - eviltoast

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

[ comments | sourced from HackerNews ]

  • Nate Cox@programming.devEnglish
    161·
    1 year ago

    I feel like we would be less forgiving of this happening in other mediums.

    Imagine this: car manufacturers are required by law to prevent their vehicles from driving to locations where crime might happen.

    • Uriel238 [all pronouns]@lemmy.blahaj.zoneEnglish
      31·
      1 year ago

      Every lesson we had to learn about legislating the use of stuff, we are having to re-learn in each country for cases on a computer or on the internet. This is so stupid and clichè I suspect it’s the bugbear of some plutocrat lobbying the French government, rather than someone brainstorming ideas without a staffer there to tell them the public would just ignore the law and get more computer literate.