How to Block Violent Videos on Facebook, Twitter and YouTube

Since it is 2019 now and live broadcasts have had five years or so to truly morph into the massive activity that people actually engage in, this means that horrific acts of violence and terror around the world have more than zero chance of any or video components. attached to them. After all, now that many people have the equivalent of a 4K camcorder in their pockets, it’s very easy to shoot and share anything – even the worst things – with the world.

While various social media services are doing their best to remove videos of the horrific filming on Friday in Christchurch, New Zealand, just as many people devote their day (it seems) to getting as much attention as possible for the video. Because, again, we live in such a world.

The surest way to make sure you can’t see it is to take a day off the internet. Maybe don’t check Twitter as usual 20 times an hour. Imagine Facebook is down again . Watch productive Twitch streams instead of mindlessly clicking YouTube. Make a donation to help victims if you have the resources, then spend the rest of the day offline.

However, if you want to calm down a bit, here are some steps you can take:

Twitter

• Visit the privacy and security page and make sure the “Hide sensitive content” checkbox is checked.
• Also make sure that the “Show media that may contain sensitive content” checkbox is cleared.
• You can temporarilydisable the word “video” in your timeline, but there is no guarantee that this will actually prevent you from seeing the video. (Someone could always download it without a description.)
• On iOS or Android, open Twitter preferences and tap Data Usage. Click on the Autoplay Video option and set it to Never, so you don’t accidentally be surprised by something you don’t want to see – at least on your smartphone.
• Remember to report any sensitive videos you come across.

Facebook

• Visit the Video section of Facebook preferences and set Autoplay Video to Off.
• You will find a similar setting in the Facebook mobile app. Pull up its Settings and then scroll down until you see the Media & Contacts section. Tap Videos & Photos to find an option to turn off autoplay.
• Report offensive content .

Youtube

• You can try activating YouTube’s limited mode , which will give you a decently cleaned up version of the site in one browser. Click on your icon in the upper right corner of the browser on your desktop and look at the very bottom of the menu that appears.
• On the YouTube mobile app, tap the icon in the upper right corner, and then tap Settings to find the Safe Mode toggle. You can also disable various autorun functions in the section of the settings screen of the same name.
• Use YouTube reporting tools to flag sensitive videos.

General

• Third-party extensions such as Turn Off the Lights can help you prevent videos from automatically playing while you are watching (in this case, YouTube). You can also disable the entire Facebook news feed , or even a tape of news Twitter .
• Although it is no longer supported, the expansion of the ” Turn off Autoplay HTML5 ” for Chrome copes with preventing AutoPlay number of videos in your browser. It’s the same with the ” AutoplayStopper ” extension.
• In Firefox, enter “about: config” in the address bar, and then find the line “media.autoplay.default”. Change the integer value from “0” to “1” to prevent all videos from playing automatically in your browser.

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