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eliminate blocking for facebook

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trishazs
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the little shield that shows up saying its blocking content is really irritating. when im on my facebook it wont let me hit the back button to go back obviously. i have to hit the button 3-4 times to get it to go back and no matter how many times i select "no more blocking" or whatever it says when you click it, it still does it. is there a way i set it up to not block things on certain pages??

the little shield that shows up saying its blocking content is really irritating. when im on my facebook it wont let me hit the back button to go back obviously. i have to hit the button 3-4 times to get it to go back and no matter how many times i select "no more blocking" or whatever it says when you click it, it still does it. is there a way i set it up to not block things on certain pages??

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Andrew
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Hello,

Starting in Firefox 23, if a secure page includes certain types of insecure content, Firefox blocks the insecure content and a shield icon will appear in the address bar. See this article for more information about the new mixed content blocker: Mixed content blocking in Firefox

To temporarily allow the mixed content to be displayed:

  • Click the shield icon Mixed Content Shield in the address bar and choose Disable Protection on This Page from the dropdown menu.

Fx23MixedContentBlocker

To allow insecure content to be displayed in all secure pages, enter about:config in the address bar and double-click on this preference, to toggle it from true to false:

security.mixed_content.block_active_content

You can also use this add-on instead, to toggle the preference:

You may want to do this only for the current session, then reset the preference back to "true" and check back with the site to see whether it's been fixed, since this is a global setting that exposes you on all sites, not just the one you care about.

Let us know if this helps!