/COVIDPause

Firefox extension for pausing all mentions of COVID-19.

Primary LanguageJavaScriptMIT LicenseMIT

COVID Pause (Firefox Port)

nytimes.com Ported from Kyle McDonald's original Chrome version: kylemcdonald/COVIDPause

This extension removes content from websites that contain the following keywords:

  • "COVID"
  • "corona" or "virus",
  • "quarantine" or "lockdown"
  • "pandemic"

Additional words may be added at the top of content.js as appropriate.

Some special cases are handled on some of the most popular English-language websites to remove content at the card/article level, instead of removing the text alone.

Install

  1. Download this file.
  2. In your browser, go to about:addons, or from the menu bar select "Tools > Add-ons".
  3. At the top right, click the settings icon and navigate to "Install Add-On from File..."
  4. Select the downloaded .xpi file
  5. Grant permission!

Or, built it yourself from this repository using mozilla/web-ext

Usage

To temporarily enable/disable COVID Pause, click the COVID Pause icon at the top right.