This extension highlights Facebook advertisements in a user’s news feed.
NOTE: this does not cover ads in the right sidebar, which Facebook has not "adblock-proofed," only those in the newsfeed, which Facebook is attempting to make visible even to users using adblock.
- manifest.json contains information about the overall structure of the extension as well as the title, version number, and description.
- popup is just a simple description of the extension that appears when the user clicks the icon in the upper right.
- ad_remover.js is the script that runs on facebook.com, searches for ads, and highlights them.
- externalCode contains jquery 1.12.4
Download it from the Google Webstore.
Or, to get this running from the source code on your local machine (Chrome only):
- navigate to "chrome://extensions"
- click the checkbox next to "Developer mode" in the upper right hand corner
- click the "Load unpacked extension..." button below the "Extensions" title
- select the “fbAdRemover” folder from your filesystem
- refresh any open Facebook pages
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