THE INTERCEPT. The French Interior Ministry on Monday ordered that five websites be blocked on the grounds that they promote or advocate terrorism. “I do not want to see sites that could lead people to take up arms on the Internet, ” proclaimed Interior Minister Bernard Cazeneuve.
By Glenn Greewald – The Intercept
When the block functions properly, visitors to those banned sites, rather than accessing the content of the sites they chose to visit, will be automatically redirected to the Interior Ministry website. There, they will be greeted by a graphic of a large red hand, and text informing them that they were attempting to access a site that causes or promotes terrorism:
“you are being redirected to this official website since your computer was about to connect with a page that provokes terrorist acts or condones terrorism publicly.”