schizoidman@lemmy.zip to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 days agoMozilla warns Germany could soon declare ad blockers illegalwww.bleepingcomputer.comexternal-linkmessage-square134linkfedilinkarrow-up1645arrow-down113file-textcross-posted to: europe@feddit.orgfirefox@lemmy.ml
arrow-up1632arrow-down1external-linkMozilla warns Germany could soon declare ad blockers illegalwww.bleepingcomputer.comschizoidman@lemmy.zip to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 days agomessage-square134linkfedilinkfile-textcross-posted to: europe@feddit.orgfirefox@lemmy.ml
minus-squaredeadcream@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up20arrow-down2·3 days agoIt was never about freedom, but about restoring control of European governments over their citizens’ online presence and their data, so that everything they do on the internet is subject to European laws and regulations, not American ones.
minus-squareGeneral_Effort@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9arrow-down1·3 days agoAnd much of that driven by lobbyism by the same media empires who are trying to get rid of ad blockers.
It was never about freedom, but about restoring control of European governments over their citizens’ online presence and their data, so that everything they do on the internet is subject to European laws and regulations, not American ones.
And much of that driven by lobbyism by the same media empires who are trying to get rid of ad blockers.