Social media - Blocklists

Social media DNS Blocklists for Pihole/AdGuard

Now includes a script (create_hosts.py) to convert host files to both Pihole and Adguard formats.

Usage

Example - Blocking Facebook domains

Pi-Hole

1. Login into Pi-hole admin
2. Navigate to Settings
3. Expand Pi-Hole's Block Lists
4. Copy this URL: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenLares/Block_facebook_dns/master/pihole-facebook.txt
5. Paste the URL in the Edit box and click on Save and update

AdGuard

1. Login into AdGuard
2. Navigate to Filters
3. Click Add filter
4. Enter name
5. Copy this URL: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenLares/Social-media-Blocklists/master/adguard-facebook.txt
6. Paste the URL in the Edit box and click on Add filter

https://kb.adguard.com/en/general/how-to-create-your-own-ad-filters#example-blocking-by-domain-name

You're done.

Follow the same steps (and adjust the URL) to block other social media networks.

Converting hosts files to Pihole and AdGuard formats with create_hosts.py

1. Add host files into the 'input' folder.
   • Refer to the provided input files for valid formatting examples.
   • The input files may have comments and empty lines.
2. Run 'python3 create_hosts.py' in a terminal.
3. The new host files can now be found in the 'output' folder.

The input files are not deleted after running the python script.

The requirements.txt file is not included, since only the standard Python library is used.