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VITecNet@programming.dev to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 11 months ago

Firefox Browser Blocks Anti-Censorship Add-Ons at Russia’s Request

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Firefox Browser Blocks Anti-Censorship Add-Ons at Russia’s Request

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VITecNet@programming.dev to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 11 months ago
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At Russia’s request, Firefox web browser maker Mozilla blocked add-ons that are designed to circumvent internet censorship.
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    According to their forum the extensions are back online in Russia: https://discourse.mozilla.org/t/the-censorship-circumvention-extension-has-disappeared-from-the-russian-version-of-mozilla-addons/130914/38

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    Not sure why, if true. I doubt Russia is making up a large chunk of their economic funding.

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      Sometimes CEOs just get paranoid. You can either flip a switch an remove an app, or risk getting personally targeted by Russia.

      Russia won’t get to you, most likely, but it’s the paranoia that gets you.

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        Russia don’t get anyone it’s always suicide by falling off a windows

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          Or off a boat, or suicide by radioactive materials, ya know, the usual ways

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            Forgot also about lot of suicide by shot behind the head

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          They’re the Mozilla CEO, I image they’d fall off a linux.

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      From the article:

      The Intercept verified that all four add-ons are blocked in Russia. If the webpage for the add-on is accessed from a Russian IP address, the Mozilla add-on page displays a message: “The page you tried to access is not available in your region.” If the add-on is accessed with an IP address outside of Russia, the add-on page loads successfully.

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        • hendu@lemmy.world
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          Yes, you’re right about that.

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    Weak

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      The extensions should be back online: https://discourse.mozilla.org/t/the-censorship-circumvention-extension-has-disappeared-from-the-russian-version-of-mozilla-addons/130914/38

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