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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: 3, Insightful) by Azuma Hazuki on Sunday April 14 2019, @05:35AM (2 children)

    by Azuma Hazuki (5086) on Sunday April 14 2019, @05:35AM (#829260) Journal

    You don't need to hate them you know. At the absolute worst, you can just fork the code, can't you? And knock out whatever bits are in charge of enforcing extension signatures. Then tell all your friends (ppppphttthahahahahaha! ...sorry, sorry) about it, distribute the source and/or binaries to them along with the extension if you want, and have fun.

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  • (Score: 2) by maxwell demon on Sunday April 14 2019, @08:16AM

    by maxwell demon (1608) on Sunday April 14 2019, @08:16AM (#829292) Journal

    At the absolute worst, you can just fork the code, can't you?

    But before you do yet another fork, please have a look at the forks that already exist.

    I'm using Waterfox and I'm quite happy with it.

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  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday April 14 2019, @10:58PM

    by Anonymous Coward on Sunday April 14 2019, @10:58PM (#829513)

    IceCat did this for Firefox.
    Their mobile version is far better.