I know that Google will soon be blocking all web sites that use http rather than the secure https protocol. They are trying to force the conversion.

It has not been all that long since this forum changed from http to https.

All web sites conducting financial transactions or that have login procedures certainly need to be secure. However, there are a lot of smaller "information only" web sites put up by individuals and non-profit organizations that will be effectively shut down until they are able to convert the web site over to https. This will become an impediment to free speech.