#content blockers

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Apple's iOS 12 explicit content filters block sex educational materials, but allows porn subreddits and white supremacist content.

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Apple iOS 10 Preview TechCrunch

Apple iOS 10 Preview TechCrunch

As our phones become our primary computing devices, major iOS updates affect the workflow and lifestyle of hundreds of millions of people. Even minor changes can have major implications. So let’s check out TechCrunch’s recent post where they dive into iOS 10 with an early look at Apple’s next mobile operating system. (more…)

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Focus by Firefox, A Content Blocker For iOS

Recently, Mozilla launched a new tool that works with Safari, not Firefox. Yes, you read that right. Meet Focus, a free content blocker for Safari users on iOS 9 that gives you better control over your mobile browsing experience. You can use Focus to block trackers, such as those used for advertisements, analytics and social media. By default, Firefox, running on Windows, Linux or Android devices, offers a Private Browsing feature that is similar to the Incognito Mode of Google Chrome. However, Firefox also adds Tracking Protection to Private Browsing, thereby blocking certain trackers, as based on Disconnect’s Open Source Tracking List. Focus will do just the same, and block the same set of trackers. You can, however, configure it to do much more than that, and even block web fonts using Focus. So why did Mozilla feel the need to come up with a new content blocker? Well, here is the answer: We made Focus by Firefox because we believe content blockers need to be transparent with publishers and other content providers about how lists are created and maintained, rather than placing certain content in a permanent penalty box. We want this product to encourage a discussion about users and content providers, instead of monetizing users’ mistrust and pulling value out of the Web ecosystem. Focus by Firefox is free to users and we don’t monetize it in other ways. Considering the fact that Apple does not yet allow content blocking features for third party web browsers running on iOS, Focus is available only for Safari, and not for Firefox running on iOS. You can download and install Focus from the App Store, and since this is a relatively newer product, Mozilla is actively seeking user feedback for Focus. What do you think of this new content blocker by Mozilla? Share your views in the comments below! Read More at Focus by Firefox, A Content Blocker For iOS http://dlvr.it/CyCy17 www.regulardomainname.com

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Axel Springer bans adblock users from accessing Bild website

Axel Springer bans adblock users from accessing Bild website

“Germany’s Axel Springer has banned readers who use adblockers from its Bild tabloid website, stepping up a fight by publishers to stop online advertising revenues being eroded,” Harro ten Wolde reports for Reuters. “Springer said visitors to the website of Bild, Europe’s top-selling tabloid, will be asked to switch off the adblocker or pay a monthly fee of 2.99 euros ($3.40) to browse the…

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How Apple could change the Web forever

How Apple could change the Web forever

“Here’s a basic version of how most Internet publishers make money: They produce content, they get people to click on that content, and they make money from the companies who put ads around that content,” Jacob Davidson reports for TIME Magazine. “That’s called display advertising, and the more clicks a publisher gets, the more money it can make this way. This has been a primary revenue source…

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Content Blockers: a warning, not an apocalypse

Content Blockers: a warning, not an apocalypse

MG Seigner makes a good point about the content blocker panic:

Having downloaded and installed one myself (Peace), I can say with a good amount of certainty that the likelihood of “regular” users picking these apps up en masseis nearly nil. Not only is the download being guarded by a price, the installation is being inhibited by a toggle buried in Settings. I implore you to try to explain how…

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Apple's ad-blocking move causes big problems for retailers' online stores

Apple’s ad-blocking move causes big problems for retailers’ online stores

“Did you download an ad-blocking app? Good luck buying stuff online,” Dan Primack reports for Fortune. “When Apple AAPL -1.07% last week released a new operating system that permits ad-blocking extensions, all sorts of media publishers protested. But a much larger outcry may soon some from retailers and those who use their iPhones to make online purchases.”

“A Fortuneinvestigation…

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Rush Limbaugh: What Apple's iOS 9 ad-blockers will unleash

Rush Limbaugh: What Apple’s iOS 9 ad-blockers will unleash

Among other things during his radio program, Mac, iPhone, and iPad user Rush Limbaugh on Monday discussed Apple’s iOS 9 for iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch, specifically content- or ad-blockers and what he thinks is Apple’s reasoning and what will result.

The 3-hour Rush Limbaugh Show, the highest-rated, most-listened-to talk-radio program in the United States with some 15 million weekly…

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