{"id":33,"date":"2013-10-15T22:01:48","date_gmt":"2013-10-16T05:01:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.media-aware.net\/news\/?p=33"},"modified":"2013-10-15T22:18:27","modified_gmt":"2013-10-16T05:18:27","slug":"netnanny-question-how-can-we-block-a-site","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.media-aware.net\/news\/?p=33","title":{"rendered":"NetNanny question: How can we block a site?"},"content":{"rendered":"

Q:\u00a0 We have NetNanny.\u00a0 How can we block Facebook, Twitter, Youtube, etc?\u00a0\u00a0 I\u2019ve blocked Facebook and Twitter and now all the news sites are blocked.<\/p>\n

A: The easiest way to block Facebook, Twitter, etc. is to block the ‘Social Networks’ category. (Log into NetNanny; click on ‘Web Browsing’; and block the ‘Social Networks’ category)<\/p>\n

NetNanny\u2019s response to\u00a0 “How can I always Allow or Block Specific Sites?” can be found at http:\/\/www.netnanny.com\/kb\/678\/<\/a><\/p>\n

Many sites use plugins<\/a> to add features.\u00a0 However, blocking the ‘Social Networks’ category in NetNanny means that any sites that use facebook plugins will also be blocked.\u00a0\u00a0 To work around this, the specific plugin addresses must be added as ‘allowed’ specific web exceptions in NetNanny.<\/p>\n

For example some of the specific plugin addresses that must be added as ‘allowed’ Web Exceptions to access CNN, CBC, or the Vancouver Sun include:<\/p>\n