Re:Mozilla takes action to protect users in Kazakhstan
by xg15 on Wednesday August 21, 2019 @06:38PM
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> For example in the UK it seems likely that the Digital Verification Act will require ISPs to block access to pornographic sites that don't comply with the legislation.
While there is clearly lots of potential for abuse, this seems to me a discussion where tech companies make things awfully easy for themselves.
Like, what is the supposed process to block a website that should be blocked if browser developers do everything they can to keep the ISP from doing so? (Assuming the hosted is not cooperating)
Or is the opinion really that nothing at all should ever be blocked? No pirated media, no malware, no child porn, no nothing? Then, what gives e.g. Google the right to block apps from their app store?
While there is clearly lots of potential for abuse, this seems to me a discussion where tech companies make things awfully easy for themselves.
Like, what is the supposed process to block a website that should be blocked if browser developers do everything they can to keep the ISP from doing so? (Assuming the hosted is not cooperating)
Or is the opinion really that nothing at all should ever be blocked? No pirated media, no malware, no child porn, no nothing? Then, what gives e.g. Google the right to block apps from their app store?