Social Media and desinfomation dns blocklist

Started by inorx, March 01, 2025, 11:06:22 PM

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As desinformation (not different opinions!) on the web is growing and growing, specifically but not only over social media, it's time to filter it out - enough is enough.

I was looking for a blocklist i.e. with all the social media sites/hosts in it. A web search just brought a couple of very short lists containing very genereal domains like facebook.com, tiktok.com, .... Does someone know a more comprehensive list to block social media?

Searching for a desinformation blocklist, I found 0 results. Knowing that some are confusing desinformation with different opinions, I'm looking for a list of domains known to spread desinformation by objective standards: A fact is a fact and a lie is a lie. I'm thinking about Russia Today and similar sites. Again here, does someone has a related hint, before I start curating one myself?

Thanks!

Bin all smartphones in the house. This is not a joke; you can only completely fix this at the client end. https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0B6WLBKKR

You will obviously have to discuss your reasons for wanting to ban social media but that goes for any solution you propose.

March 13, 2025, 08:37:14 PM #2 Last Edit: March 13, 2025, 08:39:45 PM by inorx
As I worte: It's about blocking known spreaders of desinformation. Some of the so called social media platforms are part of this.
False information, propaganda, desinformation, ... is nothing else than cyber/information war, meaning an attack on free and open societies, trying to destroy them. You can see the results of this in the US but also in some of the European nations.

And no, banning smartphones isn't the solution. That's reversal of victim and perpetrator roles. The solution is banning the content from the platforms or, if the platforms are not willing or not able to do so, removing the platforms. That's also the way the EU is going. The problem there is, they are far too slow. And this again is why I am looking for a related blocklist to clean the dirt out until the EU has done their job.

However, as there doesn't seem to be such a list, i'm just going to create my own little list, put it on github and let's see if there are others with the same demand and idea.

zeanarmor has the ability to block some of the social networks.

March 22, 2025, 06:24:27 PM #4 Last Edit: April 01, 2025, 03:23:30 PM by Mikasonu
You don't have to block them all; just ensure you're following the right ones.

I'm trying to make my TikTok channel more popular, but it's hard. It's about real news and no click bait. The thing is that most people don't like that. I think I will use services by top4smm to boost it a little bit so I can reach more people.