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Webpage elements do not open.

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johnh009
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On this webpage on the link below, when the 'Comments' button is clicked, nothing happens. It works via the Chrome browser.

https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/politics/george-galloway-vows-wreck-keir-32249895?utm_source=mirror_newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Mirror+-+Politics+Newsletter_newsletter&utm_content=&utm_term=&ruid=f0ecd1c4-f0b2-477f-a408-a0abb6ec5d95#comments-wrapper

On this webpage on the link below, when the 'Comments' button is clicked, nothing happens. It works via the Chrome browser. https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/politics/george-galloway-vows-wreck-keir-32249895?utm_source=mirror_newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Mirror+-+Politics+Newsletter_newsletter&utm_content=&utm_term=&ruid=f0ecd1c4-f0b2-477f-a408-a0abb6ec5d95#comments-wrapper

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The Mirror uses Viafoura comments which is blocked by Strict Tracking Protection. Your options are to: 1. Downgrade Tracking Protection to Standard. 2. Disable Tracking Protection for the site. 3. Create urlclassifier.trackingSkipURLs (String) with value *.viafoura.co in about:config.

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jscher2000 - Support Volunteer
jscher2000 - Support Volunteer
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Do you remember whether Disqus is used for comments on that site? Recently a number of users reported that Firefox's Enhanced Tracking Protection feature was blocking Disqus when it is embedded on other sites. We haven't had any other reports recently, but in case it's relevant, the following threads have workarounds:

zeroknight
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Chosen Solution

The Mirror uses Viafoura comments which is blocked by Strict Tracking Protection. Your options are to: 1. Downgrade Tracking Protection to Standard. 2. Disable Tracking Protection for the site. 3. Create urlclassifier.trackingSkipURLs (String) with value *.viafoura.co in about:config.