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YouTube Spam Remover by Sami Pflibsen-Jones

Hides most YouTube spam and abuse comments

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Dark mode, a spam comment collapsed between two permissible comments. Instead of the comment, a clickable "Likely spam (+)" is displayed. Node that the gray boxes are for user privacy and are not added by the add-on.Light mode, a spam comment collapsed between two permissible comments. Instead of the comment, a clickable "Likely spam (+)" is displayed. Node that the gray boxes are for user privacy and are not added by the add-on.Dark mode, text and avatar blurred while content is scannedDark mode, a spam comment expanded. The avatar is blurred my the add-on as a precaution. It is surrounded by a red box to indicate that the expanded comment is potentially abusive.
About this extension
Detects spam comments and automatically hides them, protecting its users from spoofers, adult content pushers, and other annoyances.

If the add-on hides a comment you want to see, simply click the "Likely spam (+)" text and it will reveal the hidden comment (with the profile picture blurred just in case). Displaying the reason the comment was marked as spam can be disabled/enabled via the "spam reason labels" in the options menu.


Permissions descriptions:

- Store unlimited amount of client-side data
Needed to store the machine learning model that detects adult imagery (~25MB)

- Access your data for www.youtube.com
- Access your data for youtube.com
- Access your data for yt3.ggpht.com
Needed for base functionality, modifying the comment area in YouTube and accessing user avatars (that last URL is where the images are stored)

- Access your data for raw.githubusercontent.com
Needed to download the machine learning model that detects adult imagery. It is too large (~25MB) to distribute with the add-on. Additionally, this repository hosts the latest version of the list of allowed sites so that it can be updated without having to push a new version of the extension.
Developer comments
Please report bugs here:
https://github.com/samipfjo/YouTube-Spam-Remover/issues

For a technical description of how the add-on works, see here:
https://github.com/samipfjo/YouTube-Spam-Remover
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Required permissions:

  • Access your data for www.youtube.com
  • Access your data for youtube.com
  • Access your data for yt3.ggpht.com
  • Access your data for raw.githubusercontent.com
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Version
2.4.1
Size
661.2 KB
Last updated
a year ago (Sep 6, 2024)
Related Categories
  • Privacy & Security
  • Social & Communication
License
GNU Lesser General Public License v3.0 only
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Tags
  • anti malware
  • content blocker
  • privacy
  • social media
  • youtube
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Release notes for 2.4.1
(September 5, 2024) v2.4.1

This version adds a bugfix for the handling of open YouTube videos just after the extension is installed. Previously they would get stuck hidden until the user loaded more comments.
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