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 ]

  • ddh@lemmy.sdf.orgEnglish
    44·
    1 year ago

    The laws already require you to not infringe copyright. This is a new front in the same old war.

    • Unruffled [he/him]@lemmy.dbzer0.comOPMEnglish
      29·
      1 year ago

      Yes definitely, but currently the onus is on the user to not infringe. The French proposal is putting at least some of the onus on the developer of the browser which is a new front, I agree.

      • Nate Cox@programming.devEnglish
        151·
        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.