Block all social media

[thecomputerguy]

A client is asking to block all social media for her kids school computer ... does anyone know of such DNS servers or software that will do that?

 

[Blues]

You can probably do it at the router and I think many firewall and parental suites have robust enough web filtering to give you more control and might even have a social media filter option. If all else fails modify the HOST table depending on the user rights they login with and their technical aptitude it might be sufficient.

 

[Markverhyden]

How old are the kids? Only the computer?

 

[Sky-Knight]

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Untangle is better... but good luck getting them to buy what's needed. Your largest headache is the router you're working with is trash.

 

[YeOldeStonecat]

I'd go with a DNS filtering service... refer to below list. Lots of options...quite a few modern options. Also on the list, which does get good reviews from lots of people, is Disneys "Circle" which is an appliance on your network.

9 Best DNS Filtering Software in 2026

DNS filtering is a blocking technology that prevents users from loading specific web content. It is based on a predefined set of rules and is imposed by a

geekflare.com

 

[Sky-Knight]

An appliance that lives and dies based on ARP pollution... something that routers are day by day rejecting.

Circle will fail for the same reason rerouter failed.

 

[Metanis]

The Mennonite businesses I service all use this for their one-off Windows PCs.

Parental control and digital wellbeing software

Over 4 million parents trust Qustodio’s parental control tools to keep their kids’ screen time safe and balanced on every device.

www.qustodio.com

 

[GTP]

Locate the switch on the wall that supplies power to the computer and put it to the "off" position.
Then go outside and "live."

 

[bertie40]

I've been messing around with "Adguard", hosted on a cheap linode cloud server.

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www.bing.com

Seems to behave ok at the moment.

 

[cypress]

I have been using OpenDNS for home users.