> Thus, if implemented, these plans could mean that browsers would be forced to give special treatment to TLS certificates that have been issued by entities hel

> Thus, if implemented, these plans could mean that browsers would be forced to give special treatment to TLS certificates that have been issued by entities held to a lower standard than the other certificate authorities. I'm not clear on the "forced" aspect of all this EU regulation. How does the EU force Firefox/Mozilla, Google Chrome, or any software in existence to recognize the EU's list of certificate authorities? Sounds like compelled speech. How the EU plans to force somebody to write source code to open source projects is an amusing idea... Would I break the law if I forked Firefox, and chose not to include the EU's certificate authority? IF yes, how are they going to compel my speech outside the EU? Sound like the EU will have to create their own web browser.