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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: 2) by aristarchus on Sunday April 14 2019, @04:59AM (3 children)

    by aristarchus (2645) on Sunday April 14 2019, @04:59AM (#829250) Journal

    I was honestly thinking of forking it for SN, and redubbing it, "Dementer". Do you think that Harry Potter author would object?

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  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday April 14 2019, @11:33AM (1 child)

    by Anonymous Coward on Sunday April 14 2019, @11:33AM (#829326)

    I was honestly thinking of forking it for SN, and redubbing it, "Dementer".

    A highly appropriate name considering you'll be the only user!

    • (Score: 2) by aristarchus on Sunday April 14 2019, @11:38AM

      by aristarchus (2645) on Sunday April 14 2019, @11:38AM (#829328) Journal

      Oh, no, my dear AC! Your name goes on the list!

      "Once we win the ACs, we will control SoylentNews!" (Something never said by jmorris)

  • (Score: 1) by RandomFactor on Sunday April 14 2019, @12:48PM

    by RandomFactor (3682) Subscriber Badge on Sunday April 14 2019, @12:48PM (#829344) Journal

    Funny.

    Hard to say with such things. It's an obvious riff on Dissenter, spelled differently than dementor and not in a confusable. Who knows.

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