As noted by security researcher Will Dormann, some posts on X purport to lead to a legitimate website, but actually redirect somewhere else. In Dormann’s example, an advertisement posted by a verified X user claims to lead to forbes.com. When Dormann clicks the link, however, it takes him to a different link to open a Telegram channel that is, “helping individuals earn maximum profit in the crypto market,” he said. In short, the “Forbes” link leads to crypto spam
I don’t even let my browser display embedded tweets anymore (via Privacy Badger). There are an odd amount of “news stories” that are just strings of embedded tweets.
But the way, is it possible to hide the PrivacyBadger placeholder too?
There are a couple options for the Widget Replacement feature, but the easiest way to hide it is probably with a uBlock Origin filter.