I want to censor my internet

[Imaginary Entity]

We are bombarded and over-exposed to certain sensationalist themes and media narratives.

It's almost impossible for anyone to come up with their own ideas/views/opinions with the kind of narrative feeding we get on a daily basis. I know 'giving up the internet' and/or not visiting certain websites could alleviate this issue some what but it led me to thinking.....

  Is there a way to self-censor the data you receive?

eg. If someone finds it counter-productive/unhelpful to hear about 'terrorism' on a daily basis, is it possible to block anything associated with this from your internet viewing without having to restrict the websites you visit?

A lot of people are becoming aware of their over-exposure to other's sensationalist ideas and may be looking for a solution/more control of their data absorption habits....


Does anyone else want a filter/ more control over your internet viewing?

Any ideas on how this can be done?

[European Central Bank]

i know what you mean. almost all of it is unhelpful and depressing but i don't know how you could filter out individual stuff.

the best you can do is choose to avoid the most poisonous sites, and install stuff like the below.

https://www.theguardian.com/media/mediamonkeyblog/2011/mar/28/kitten-block

[Tyrantt]

You can find some browser like TOR, tho I wouldn't recommend tor. Tho, there are a lot of other ones better, short google search would show you the answers. Also, a vpn would do the trick in some cases.

[trollercoaster]

First of all you need to remove yourself from Facebook, Facebook has set itself up as a very powerful propaganda  & social engineering tool, I recommend everyone stays away from it. Most of the political fear mongering and propaganda is showered upon the masses via social media.
Stay away from Google, together Facebook and Google know more about you than your wife does, Google will feed you information that confirms with your bias, making it incredibly difficult for you to receive unbiased data.
Thrid, experience the world for yourself, it sounds silly but people have been plugged into these propaganda channels for a decade and it has completely destroyed their intelligence, personality and humanity, they can no longer think logically for themselves.
Do these things before you are completely and totally enslaved by the technocrats, you haven't seen nothing yet.
If you think the Rothschilds are bad wait until Zuckerberg, Musk & Brin have total control over you.

[mamichula]

Use one of those Firefox plugging that you can block specific sites. Only problem is that if you really want to go on a specific site, you could open another browser. But if Firefox is your primary browser, it can at least initially stop you and make you decided if you really want to go through the process of opening up another browser to go to a site that you wish not to go, but can't help.

[Imaginary Entity]

First of all you need to remove yourself from Facebook, Facebook has set itself up as a very powerful propaganda  & social engineering tool, I recommend everyone stays away from it. Most of the political fear mongering and propaganda is showered upon the masses via social media.
Stay away from Google, together Facebook and Google know more about you than your wife does, Google will feed you information that confirms with your bias, making it incredibly difficult for you to receive unbiased data.
Thrid, experience the world for yourself, it sounds silly but people have been plugged into these propaganda channels for a decade and it has completely destroyed their intelligence, personality and humanity, they can no longer think logically for themselves.
Do these things before you are completely and totally enslaved by the technocrats, you haven't seen nothing yet.
If you think the Rothschilds are bad wait until Zuckerberg, Musk & Brin have total control over you.

Absolutely agree with that. I haven't been a member of Facebook for about 6 years, I don't miss it at all. I'm pretty reliant on Google though - I have started using Bing a bit more - to mix it up but ultimately Google still has a superior search.

Large-Scale agenda promoting is in the hands of a handful of people and yes it must have an effect on the masses - (Maybe it's good so far? I don't know) But on a personal level, some of it is certainly unhelpful.

I guess the only true solution is to have a personal Google-esque algorithm that scans the web for me - quality control

[thebitcointrader101]

First of all you need to remove yourself from Facebook, Facebook has set itself up as a very powerful propaganda  & social engineering tool, I recommend everyone stays away from it. Most of the political fear mongering and propaganda is showered upon the masses via social media.
Stay away from Google, together Facebook and Google know more about you than your wife does, Google will feed you information that confirms with your bias, making it incredibly difficult for you to receive unbiased data.
Thrid, experience the world for yourself, it sounds silly but people have been plugged into these propaganda channels for a decade and it has completely destroyed their intelligence, personality and humanity, they can no longer think logically for themselves.
Do these things before you are completely and totally enslaved by the technocrats, you haven't seen nothing yet.
If you think the Rothschilds are bad wait until Zuckerberg, Musk & Brin have total control over you.

I 100% agree. I have psychologically so much more stable after I quit facebook. I still go to reddit and check out the local and international news websites but try to form an informed opinion by reading about stuff on multiple places with different point of views.

[Zz]

First of all you need to remove yourself from Facebook, Facebook has set itself up as a very powerful propaganda  & social engineering tool, I recommend everyone stays away from it. Most of the political fear mongering and propaganda is showered upon the masses via social media.
Stay away from Google, together Facebook and Google know more about you than your wife does, Google will feed you information that confirms with your bias, making it incredibly difficult for you to receive unbiased data.
Thrid, experience the world for yourself, it sounds silly but people have been plugged into these propaganda channels for a decade and it has completely destroyed their intelligence, personality and humanity, they can no longer think logically for themselves.
Do these things before you are completely and totally enslaved by the technocrats, you haven't seen nothing yet.
If you think the Rothschilds are bad wait until Zuckerberg, Musk & Brin have total control over you.

I 100% agree. I have psychologically so much more stable after I quit facebook. I still go to reddit and check out the local and international news websites but try to form an informed opinion by reading about stuff on multiple places with different point of views.

Do not get so serious about your life. Social media is actually just a means of communication. facebook is a mirror. You never forget; The mirror shows you what you show.

[squatz1]

Going ahead and doing all this just so you won't be exposed to fake news narratives and so on is really just a waste of time. You have to know as a person what to weed out and what you know is true with real evidence backing it, this is why I am always one to ask for sources and such when people post in this sub section of the forum.

I go through a good amount of news sources which include CNN, Fox, NY Post, Reddit (Couple sub reddits that are both Liberal and Conservative in nature, one even outright supports Donald Trump) You have to be able to know what is real and what is fake, it's tough but it really teaches you what point of view and bias can do to a certain topic / article.

Use one of those Firefox plugging that you can block specific sites. Only problem is that if you really want to go on a specific site, you could open another browser. But if Firefox is your primary browser, it can at least initially stop you and make you decided if you really want to go through the process of opening up another browser to go to a site that you wish not to go, but can't help.

Don't do this, just watch all the sources and decide yourself what is exaggerated, outright fake, true and so on. Everyone has a bias so just going on a certain couple of sites will just confirm your own views and you never want that. You want to see what other people feel and see about a topic.

[ValeryBark]

Going ahead and doing all this just so you won't be exposed to fake news narratives and so on is really just a waste of time. You have to know as a person what to weed out and what you know is true with real evidence backing it, this is why I am always one to ask for sources and such when people post in this sub section of the forum.

I go through a good amount of news sources which include CNN, Fox, NY Post, Reddit (Couple sub reddits that are both Liberal and Conservative in nature, one even outright supports Donald Trump) You have to be able to know what is real and what is fake, it's tough but it really teaches you what point of view and bias can do to a certain topic / article.

Use one of those Firefox plugging that you can block specific sites. Only problem is that if you really want to go on a specific site, you could open another browser. But if Firefox is your primary browser, it can at least initially stop you and make you decided if you really want to go through the process of opening up another browser to go to a site that you wish not to go, but can't help.

Don't do this, just watch all the sources and decide yourself what is exaggerated, outright fake, true and so on. Everyone has a bias so just going on a certain couple of sites will just confirm your own views and you never want that. You want to see what other people feel and see about a topic.

I agree with you. To know the truth need to get information from all sides. Why limit yourself? And suddenly you become the victim of their errors of judgment and are in captivity of their own illusions? The Internet and chat on the forums gives us the opportunity to test themselves and possibly point out the mistakes of others.

[Imaginary Entity]

Going ahead and doing all this just so you won't be exposed to fake news narratives and so on is really just a waste of time. You have to know as a person what to weed out and what you know is true with real evidence backing it, this is why I am always one to ask for sources and such when people post in this sub section of the forum.

I go through a good amount of news sources which include CNN, Fox, NY Post, Reddit (Couple sub reddits that are both Liberal and Conservative in nature, one even outright supports Donald Trump) You have to be able to know what is real and what is fake, it's tough but it really teaches you what point of view and bias can do to a certain topic / article.

Use one of those Firefox plugging that you can block specific sites. Only problem is that if you really want to go on a specific site, you could open another browser. But if Firefox is your primary browser, it can at least initially stop you and make you decided if you really want to go through the process of opening up another browser to go to a site that you wish not to go, but can't help.

Don't do this, just watch all the sources and decide yourself what is exaggerated, outright fake, true and so on. Everyone has a bias so just going on a certain couple of sites will just confirm your own views and you never want that. You want to see what other people feel and see about a topic.

I understand what you're saying and I agree (when it comes down to political things it's all noise anyway). But a lot of sensationalist news broadcast is statistically irrelevant to a lot of other stuff that isn't reported upon or reported upon very little.
Some kind of censorship/filter could help balance out this statistical error.
The same effect present in the issue of 'which kills more people, coconuts or sharks?' And which would you take more precautions to avoid?

I'm not Spoc and I'm not 100% rational I'm much more scared of sharks than coconuts! But does my "irrational" fear of sharks limit my opportunities?

[markj113]

sounds like snowflake safe place crap to me.

[popcorn1]

How to find fake news from real news?..

When you watch the news don't believe what is getting said unless it's come out of the persons mouth..
The person or person the news are concerned about listen to the person they speak about..

Like Clinton the news was saying how good she is and she will do all sorts for the young I.E college tuition
and what not..
Then someone posted her saying what she says in public is not what she means in private..
Then she goes on to say about college tuition to wall street big wigs that she will never give free tuition
like some Scandinavian country where ever that is she said..

So without the internet we would never know how much of a lying thieving scum bag she really was..

You make your mind up about fake news by hearing it come from the persons mouth ..NOT HEAR SAY..

And CNN is the WORST OF ALL ..FAKE A FK

News on TV is owned by billionaire elites with there own agendas ..
TO MAKE SURE THE MONEY GOES BACK TO THEM..

Even our armies are for HIRE..And the news will go with it for a cut..
Weapon maker is the friend of the news owner..Both get together and make money..
As well as others in the pot making money..

So only believe it when it comes from the persons mouth ..
Or he or she is seen on camera doing the deeds that the news talk about..

The internet is FREEDOM.. part of our freedom that binds us altogether..THE PEOPLE.

[cotton ball]

We are bombarded and over-exposed to certain sensationalist themes and media narratives.

It's almost impossible for anyone to come up with their own ideas/views/opinions with the kind of narrative feeding we get on a daily basis. I know 'giving up the internet' and/or not visiting certain websites could alleviate this issue some what but it led me to thinking.....

  Is there a way to self-censor the data you receive?

eg. If someone finds it counter-productive/unhelpful to hear about 'terrorism' on a daily basis, is it possible to block anything associated with this from your internet viewing without having to restrict the websites you visit?

A lot of people are becoming aware of their over-exposure to other's sensationalist ideas and may be looking for a solution/more control of their data absorption habits....


Does anyone else want a filter/ more control over your internet viewing?

Any ideas on how this can be done?

We just need to filter good things, especially when opening facebook. There is no other way than to block site manually. I was also disturbed by news site & online newspaper, because almost all of them voicing political propaganda. None of world news sites chose to be neutral. But I liked news from reddit, because there are many opinions of people who are intelligent & independent.

[signature200]

We are bombarded and over-exposed to certain sensationalist themes and media narratives.

It's almost impossible for anyone to come up with their own ideas/views/opinions with the kind of narrative feeding we get on a daily basis. I know 'giving up the internet' and/or not visiting certain websites could alleviate this issue some what but it led me to thinking.....

  Is there a way to self-censor the data you receive?

eg. If someone finds it counter-productive/unhelpful to hear about 'terrorism' on a daily basis, is it possible to block anything associated with this from your internet viewing without having to restrict the websites you visit?

A lot of people are becoming aware of their over-exposure to other's sensationalist ideas and may be looking for a solution/more control of their data absorption habits....


Does anyone else want a filter/ more control over your internet viewing?

Any ideas on how this can be done?

We just need to filter good things, especially when opening facebook. There is no other way than to block site manually. I was also disturbed by news site & online newspaper, because almost all of them voicing political propaganda. None of world news sites chose to be neutral. But I liked news from reddit, because there are many opinions of people who are intelligent & independent.

Now really there is a world war in the network. A lot of trolls who are engaged in propaganda. However, trolls are not all visiting sites. If you are sure they are right they should be able to defend their opinion under any circumstances. Besides, you always have the opportunity to find like-minded people and maybe recruited by trolls. Never lock the page.

[s0nix]

My tip for you.

Make three weeks of holidays with cycling, hiking, running but without a phone, tablet, notebooek, internet, tv ...

You'll see, it will work. And after that you have a different behavior

[Barrymore]

My tip for you.

Make three weeks of holidays with cycling, hiking, running but without a phone, tablet, notebooek, internet, tv ...

You'll see, it will work. And after that you have a different behavior

Unfortunately, modern people are already so used to modern technology that I very much doubt that they will survive long without them. Last time I forgot my cell phone at home, I passed only 3 hours then I had to go back and get him on the other side of town.

[0xfff]

Just don't go to the websites that have the content you don't like. It is very simple.

[Forester618]

Just don't go to the websites that have the content you don't like. It is very simple.

The Ministry of the Armed forces, announced the establishment of the troops information operations. This is today in the state Duma of the Russian Federation Minister of defense Sergei Shoigu, the Russian news Agency "Interfax". They are everywhere so it is not possible to go to sites where they are not.

[s0nix]

My tip for you.

Make three weeks of holidays with cycling, hiking, running but without a phone, tablet, notebooek, internet, tv ...

You'll see, it will work. And after that you have a different behavior

Unfortunately, modern people are already so used to modern technology that I very much doubt that they will survive long without them. Last time I forgot my cell phone at home, I passed only 3 hours then I had to go back and get him on the other side of town.

But it works. At least for me...  
And I'm very modern I think.
I have to do this twice a year, in summer and in the winter.