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

    • Honytawk@lemmy.zip
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      1 year ago

      Can’t they just put a metal box with a guard around the entire internet?

      It is just a black box with a blinking light anyway.

      Although the guard might get tired from climbing the stairs of the Elizabeth tower every day.

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      1 year ago

      On one hand, yeah

      On the other hand, I’m scared about the day when someone who is tech literate gets into government and tries to push stuff like this

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        1 year ago

        I always thought the derision of that was overblown. You can tell what he meant. It’s not a completely flawed analogy.