Twitter (twitter.com)

“Twitter is an online social networking service that enables users to send and read short 140-character messages called ‘tweets’”. – Source

Ethical design violations

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Decentralised alternatives

Decentralised, free and open alternatives that adhere better to the Ethical Design Manifesto:

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: twitter.com
    - unless-domain: *twitter.com
- action:
    - type: block-cookies

On Twitter.com

Remove advertising.

- trigger:
  - url-filter: twitter.com
  - load-type: first-party
- action:
  - selector: .promoted-tweet, .pixel-promoted-tweet
  - type: css-display-none

Remove link to advertise on Twitter and thus contribute to their tracking.

- trigger:
  - url-filter: twitter.com
  - load-type: first-party
- action:
  - selector: .Footer-adsModule
  - type: css-display-none

Prevalence

Pandemic: found on 12.9% of surveyed sites (942 instances observed).

Notes

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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.

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