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France could ban public Wi-Fi and Tor anonymous browsing after Paris attacks

Posted on December 7, 2015June 26, 2025 by Dissent

Andrew Griffin reports:

France is proposing that it will ban free public Wi-Fi and anonymised browsing because of the Paris attacks, according to leaked documents.

The French government is considering extending internet powers in a way that has only previously been done in Iran and China, according to the document seen by French newspaper Le Monde.

Read more on The Independent.

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