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Bieber blocker: Developer invents Firefox tool that eliminates Justin Bieber from the web
Metro [UK] ^ | 9 Mar 2013 | Mark Molloy

Posted on 03/09/2013 9:24:31 PM PST by Slings and Arrows

Pop prince Justin Bieber may have over 35million followers on Twitter but there seems to be many more people who just can’t stand him.

There is no stopping the Baby hit maker’s musical bandwagon fuelled by the passionate fans he likes to call Beliebers despite a tumultuous week on tour in London.

One man, however, is on a mission to stop the Canadian pop star in his tracks after developing a Firefox web browser add-on that censors any mention of his name on the web.

Created by Free Art and Technology Lab developer Greg Leuch, the Shaved Bieber even blocks out any pictures of the 19-year-old.

‘We’ve developed a series of innovative tools to help cover the lower regions of web pages from unwanted Justin Bieber content,’ he explained.

‘Shave away those Bieber mentions on web sites with our bookmarklet, Firefox Add-on, or JavaScript files.’

The launch of the Bieber blocker tops off a bad week for the star who has faced a barrage of criticism for showing up two hours late to his opening show at the O2.

He then collapsed on stage after suffering breathing difficulties before getting in a scuffle with paparazzi after a brief spell in hospital.


TOPICS: Computers/Internet; Music/Entertainment
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It's a start.
1 posted on 03/09/2013 9:24:31 PM PST by Slings and Arrows
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2 posted on 03/09/2013 9:25:10 PM PST by Slings and Arrows (You can't have IngSoc without an Emmanuel Goldstein.)
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3 posted on 03/09/2013 9:44:53 PM PST by Dallas59 (America died a little bit more on 11/6/2012)
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To: Slings and Arrows

Bieber was stuned after hearing about this.


4 posted on 03/09/2013 9:44:59 PM PST by rfp1234 (Arguing with a liberal is like playing chess with a pigeon.)
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Horrors! If JB goes missing....will we being seeing his image on milk cartons now?


5 posted on 03/09/2013 9:51:54 PM PST by Daffynition (The essential American soul is hard, isolate, stoic, and a killer. It has never yet melted. — D.H.)
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To: Slings and Arrows

That selection of the name for that Add-on shows true brilliance.


6 posted on 03/09/2013 9:55:25 PM PST by KC Burke (Plain Conservative opinions and common sense correction for thirteen years.)
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Stuningly so.


7 posted on 03/09/2013 9:57:20 PM PST by Slings and Arrows (You can't have IngSoc without an Emmanuel Goldstein.)
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Not if they install the Bieber Blocker.


8 posted on 03/09/2013 9:57:44 PM PST by Slings and Arrows (You can't have IngSoc without an Emmanuel Goldstein.)
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To: Dallas59
The Ultimate White-People-Dancing Video. You've been warned.
9 posted on 03/09/2013 10:00:02 PM PST by Slings and Arrows (You can't have IngSoc without an Emmanuel Goldstein.)
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brutal.


10 posted on 03/09/2013 10:04:07 PM PST by Pelham (Marco Rubio, for amnesty, Spanish, and the Karl Rove machine.)
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To: Slings and Arrows

Wow! Where did you find that? It has to be Scandinavian but the accent is off from Swedish.

They were trying hard. And to their credit, it is clearly Pre-MTV so they didn’t have Boy George and Duran Duran as shining examples to build on.


11 posted on 03/09/2013 10:47:55 PM PST by ModelBreaker
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The video is from Finland. They really need black people.


12 posted on 03/09/2013 10:48:37 PM PST by Slings and Arrows (You can't have IngSoc without an Emmanuel Goldstein.)
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And here I was, getting my hopes up, only to have them crushed when I read the “from the web” part.


13 posted on 03/09/2013 11:18:25 PM PST by Bob
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Bieber blocker: Developer invents Firefox tool that eliminates Justin Bieber from the web

Wow!
Just wow.

I have been waiting for Jim R. To introduce a similar feature here on FR. I might not be able to get rid of the deep cover trolls, but I might never have to read their crap ever again. Talking to themselves is the perfect solution!

14 posted on 03/09/2013 11:31:34 PM PST by publius911 (Look for the Union label, then buy something else.)
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I’ve never seen nor heard Justin Bieber. The name alone is off-putting enough.


15 posted on 03/09/2013 11:42:59 PM PST by VR-21 (I'm weary of being lorded over by criminals.)
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Progress is progress.


16 posted on 03/09/2013 11:44:14 PM PST by Slings and Arrows (You can't have IngSoc without an Emmanuel Goldstein.)
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“The video is from Finland. They really need black people.”

To be fair, it looks like it is mid-70’s from the hair and the whole schtick. Things all over the world were pretty stupid then schtick-wise—black or white. Remember Afros? And mullets? And Disco?

I suspect that the parents of 90% of the people who were over 18 in the 70’s have a collection of very embarrassing pictures of them sporting leisure suits or other stunning 70’s fashion statements. Fortunately, I did not dance then . . . or now.

Of course, no such pictures exist of me. But my brothers . . .


17 posted on 03/10/2013 12:48:33 AM PST by ModelBreaker
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I know a pic of me in a butterfly collar exists. My excuse is that I was five at the time.


18 posted on 03/10/2013 1:33:54 AM PST by Slings and Arrows (You can't have IngSoc without an Emmanuel Goldstein.)
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I watched that muted, while listining to “Brandy” on my smartphone. I almost passed out.


19 posted on 03/10/2013 3:12:43 AM PDT by BigCinBigD (...Was that okay?)
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That was stunning. I’m speechless.


20 posted on 03/10/2013 3:44:36 AM PDT by Conspiracy Guy (I voted Republican, no Conservative was on the ballot.)
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