Parental controls

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Firefox and the Mozilla Suite do not feature built-in parental controls/content filtering/pornography blocking/website blocking features.

The ProCon extension for Firefox provides a content blocking mechanism. It is suitable for blocking accidental visits to objectionable sites. It is not suitable for non-accidental visits because

  • The filter is blunt, leaving many objectionable sites accessible and blocking access to non-objectionable sites
  • It is very easily disabled
  • It only affects Firefox/Seamonkey and not other applications like MSN Messenger or Internet Explorer.

While no software can completely block all objectionable contact, third-party software exists that can provide a very high filter level. Some examples:

Also, some ISPs provide free parental control mechanisms. Contact your ISP for more information.

For a detailed Howto please see the Mozillazine Firefox Forum threads at: