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June 14, 2024 08:02 pm
Original Link: https://tech.slashdot.org/story/24/06/14/1958203/mozilla-defies-kremlin-restores-banned-firefox-add-ons-in-russia?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_me
Mozilla Defies Kremlin, Restores Banned Firefox Add-ons in Russia
Mozilla has reinstated certain add-ons for Firefox that earlier this week had been banned in Russia by the Kremlin. From a report: The browser extensions, which are hosted on the Mozilla store, were made unavailable in the Land of Putin on or around June 8 after a request by the Russian government and its internet censorship agency, Roskomnadzor. Among those extensions were three pieces of code that were explicitly designed to circumvent state censorship -- including a VPN and Censor Tracker, a multi-purpose add-on that allowed users to see what websites shared user data, and a tool to access Tor websites. The day the ban went into effect, Roskomsvoboda -- the developer of Censor Tracker -- took to the official Mozilla forums and asked why his extension was suddenly banned in Russia with no warning.Read more of this story at Slashdot.
Original Link: https://tech.slashdot.org/story/24/06/14/1958203/mozilla-defies-kremlin-restores-banned-firefox-add-ons-in-russia?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_me
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