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Mozilla and Google Block Dissenter Browser Extension

posted by martyb on Saturday April 13 2019, @05:36PM   Printer-friendly
from the let's-talk-about-it dept.

An Anonymous Coward writes:

Packt reports that Gab's Dissenter browser extension was removed from Mozilla's Firefox add-ons on April 10th (people already using it can continue to do so), and was booted from Google's Chrome browser the next day. Gab pitches itself as an anti-censorship social media platform that only prohibits speech that is illegal. Their Dissenter browser extension and associated website allow people to share comments about any webpage, giving users the ability to share comments on articles, videos, etc., regardless of whether or not the website hosting the content has a comments section. Mozilla's rationale for the ban was that Dissenter was being used to promote violence, hate speech, and discrimination, but they failed to show any examples to bolster that claim. Gab plans to develop their own browser in response.

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  • (Score: 1) by RandomFactor on Sunday April 14 2019, @04:30AM (2 children)

    by RandomFactor (3682) Subscriber Badge on Sunday April 14 2019, @04:30AM (#829236) Journal

    I believe a deep seated fear of clowns skating on ice hockey rinks is the most plausible explanation.
     
    There are some other less likely possibilities though.
     
    Too much snark or editorializing
    Bad format
    Busted/missing links
    Dupes (once mine and another sub occurred almost simultaneously on the same thing and they combined them. That was cool)
    Too Slanted (actually, scratch that, RDT and Ari get subs through)
    Insensitive (I'm so sensitive, this seems unpossible)
    Non Science/tech when there's too many such (e.g. political) posts currently
    boring/unlikely to generate discussion
    Editor is mesmerized by my prose and loses a day

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  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday April 14 2019, @06:07AM (1 child)

    by Anonymous Coward on Sunday April 14 2019, @06:07AM (#829274)

    Funny how you argue against censorship all the rest of this thread but here have a change of heart and start arguing for censorship.

    • (Score: 1) by RandomFactor on Sunday April 14 2019, @01:56PM

      by RandomFactor (3682) Subscriber Badge on Sunday April 14 2019, @01:56PM (#829364) Journal

      Hmmm, I see the technical parallel but i think there is a distinction to be drawn between an article sent to a review type process for consideration, vs. deplatforming actions such as banning an individual or piece of software.

      Maybe that's inconsistent somehow, but these don't seem like the same thing at all to me.

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