{"id":149037,"date":"2015-12-09T09:22:04","date_gmt":"2015-12-09T07:22:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/?p=149037"},"modified":"2015-12-09T09:23:36","modified_gmt":"2015-12-09T07:23:36","slug":"mozilla-launches-free-content-blocker-focus-by-firefox","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/software\/149037-mozilla-launches-free-content-blocker-focus-by-firefox.html","title":{"rendered":"Mozilla launches free content blocker &#8211; Focus by Firefox"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Mozilla has launched <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.mozilla.org\/futurereleases\/2015\/12\/08\/announcing-focus-by-firefox-a-content-blocker-for-ios\/\" target=\"_blank\">Focus by Firefox<\/a><\/strong>, a free content blocking app for Safari users on iOS 9 which allows them\u00a0to control their data flow by blocking trackers.<\/p>\n<p>Apart from blocking trackers &#8211; such as those used for ads, analytics, and social media &#8211; the app allows increased performance on mobile devices by blocking Web fonts.<\/p>\n<p>Mozilla said content blockers offer a way to rebuild trust by empowering users.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAt the same time, it is important that these tools are used to create a healthy, open ecosystem that supports commercial activity,\u201d the company said.<\/p>\n<p>Focus by Firefox makes use of <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/disconnect.me\/\" target=\"_blank\">Disconnect<\/a><\/strong>, which is released under the General Public License.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe think Disconnect\u2019s public list provides a good starting point that demonstrates the value of open data.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Mozilla said Disconnect has a process in place for content providers to become unblocked, creating an important feedback loop between users and content providers.<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"my-4\">More on ad blockers<\/h3>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/internet\/140516-adblock-plus-gets-special-independent-board.html\">AdBlock Plus gets special independent board<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/internet\/118031-how-websites-pay-to-get-past-your-adblock.html\">How websites pay to get past your adblock<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/business\/136522-the-death-of-online-advertising.html\">The death of online advertising<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mozilla has unveiled Focus by Firefox, a free content blocker for Safari users on iOS 9.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":23,"featured_media":149039,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_sma_x_autopost_status":"idle","_sma_x_autopost_error":"","_sma_x_post_id":"","_sma_facebook_post_id":"","_sma_instagram_post_id":"","_sma_threads_post_id":"","_sma_x_attempts":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[36,981,34453,975],"class_list":["post-149037","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-software","tag-active","tag-firefox","tag-focus-by-firefox","tag-mozilla"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/149037"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/23"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=149037"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/149037\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":149063,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/149037\/revisions\/149063"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/149039"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=149037"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=149037"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=149037"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}