# Media Blocker

> Blocks X (Twitter), Instagram, and YouTube. Always on when installed — no options or toggle. Remove the extension to disable. Click on extension to add your own websites that you would like to block.

Canonical page: [https://chrome-stats.com/d/media-block](https://chrome-stats.com/d/media-block)

## Overview

- **ID:** `media-block`
- **Platform:** Firefox
- **Type:** Firefox add-on
- **Status:** Available
- **Publisher:** Health-a-holic
- **Category:** social-communication
- **Daily users:** 1
- **Rating:** 5.00 / 5 (2 ratings)
- **Version:** 1.0.0
- **Last updated:** 2026-01-31
- **First published:** 2026-01-28
- **Size:** 17 KB
- **Data as of:** 2026-09-07
- **Store listing:** [Firefox Add-ons Store](https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/media-block/)

## Description

Pretty simple, really. You don't want to waste time on social media? Use this extension. There is a 10 second countdown that doubles every time you want to visit a social media website.

## Rankings

- #74,770 — Overall
- #243 — media

## Permissions and access

### Permissions

- `webRequest`
- `webRequestBlocking`
- `storage`
- `<all_urls>`

## Safety

- **Risk impact:** Moderate risk impact
- **Risk likelihood:** Moderate risk likelihood

### Analysis details

- Allows access to all websites, posing a significant security risk as it can monitor and modify data from any visited site.
- This extension has low user count. Unpopular extensions may not be stable or safe.

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Source: [Chrome-Stats](https://chrome-stats.com/d/media-block)