Facebook (fbcdn.net)
“fbcdn.net is a domain owned by Facebook that is used as a domain for serving static content such as photos from a CDN.” – Source
Ethical design violations
(Learn more about Ethical Design.)
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tracker
Monetises you.
Decentralised alternatives
Decentralised, free and open alternatives that adhere closer to the Ethical Design Manifesto:
- Embed copies of content on your own sites instead of using the official widgets. This will also help decentralise the web.
Block rule
Although the content itself is allowed to load, we block cookies to make sure that it does not track people.
- trigger:
- url-filter: fbcdn.net
- unless-domain: fbcdn-profile-a.akamaihd.net
- action:
- type: block-cookies
Prevalence
Epidemic: found on 5.2% of surveyed sites (380 instances observed).
Notes
About Better
Better is a Safari content blocker for iPhone, iPad, and Mac. It protects you from trackers and malvertising by enforcing the principles of Ethical Design.