Website Blocker

Net Nanny® is one of the most effective and best website blockers available for families.

With Net Nanny’s website blocking software, you can keep your family’s online experience safer and tailor individual settings to block websites and block categories of web content based on each of your family member’s needs. Net Nanny® allows for specific websites to be blocked or allowed, based on the settings you choose, so parents can set age-appropriate safeguards for their children and themselves. 
 

Why Blocklists Aren't Enough?

With thousands of new websites created every day, it’s hard to keep track of which ones are appropriate for kids. Many families turn to blocklists, or lists of unsafe or mature websites, to keep their children’s internet experiences safer. Blocklist filtering is a long-established and widely used form of website blocking. When a user attempts to go to a website, the URL for that website is compared to a known list of inappropriate sites. If the website is on the list, that site is blocked.

However, blocklists are not able to be updated as quickly as new unsafe websites are created or account for user-generated content that frequently changes. If your family is relying on outdated blocklists to keep your kids safer online, there is a high chance of exposure to adult content, pornography or dangerous websites. In this case, blocklists are prone to under-blocking, since their list of websites is likely out of date and can’t keep up with user-generated content. However, blocklists can also over-block by prohibiting access to entire websites, when singular pages on the website may be perfectly safe.

Unlike most Internet filters that block entire websites, the award-winning Net Nanny® web filtering technology analyzes every webpage your child visits, plus content in certain apps. Our content filter then instantly determines if the content on that webpage is safe for your child to view, based on the category guidelines and website restrictions that you pre-determine.

Because Net Nanny® relies on real-time Internet filtering, your family is safer from inappropriate or unwanted websites. Parents using Net Nanny® still have the option of blocking websites individually and can tailor lists of allowed and blocked websites for each user on their account. Additionally, parents can choose from 14 different categories to allow, alert or block for their child.

 

How Net Nanny® Website Blocking Works

Net Nanny’s filtering technology scans websites for inappropriate content in real time. Unlike other software, Net Nanny® doesn’t use cookie cutter website block lists – instead, our internet filtering and website blocking software scans the content on each webpage and blocks it based on the categories that you choose to filter.

Net Nanny® parental control software scans websites as you’re surfing, searching and scrolling in real-time, blocking websites that contain material you’ve flagged in the settings. With our parental controls, you can help protect your family with one of the best internet filters and website blockers out there.

Net Nanny’s internet filter and website blocker utilizes AI-based natural language filtering, which is not only able to detect specific keywords on a webpage but can also determine the context of that word relative to the content on the page. For instance, if the word “breast” is detected on a webpage, Net Nanny® will scan the rest of the page to determine if this word is used in the context of cooking (i.e. chicken breast) or an inappropriate context, and block accordingly.

To see how Net Nanny’s website blocker works, watch this video:

Additionally, with Net Nanny’s website blocker, you can:

• Filter web content by category
• Block mature or inappropriate websites
• Block the pornography category
• Block websites based on 14 categories of the most questionable and concerning content types: Abortion, Adult Novelty, Anime, Death/Gore, Drugs, Gambling, Mature Content, Nudity, Pornography, Provocative, Strip Cubs, Suicide, Tobacco, Weapons
• Add approved websites to a list for each user
• Receive alerts and reporting of websites attempted to be accessed
• View history of alerted or blocked websites in the Net Nanny® Family Feed

Why Net Nanny®’s Website Blocker Helps Parents

Net Nanny®’s filtering technology analyzes web content as it changes, to help block adult websites on supported devices. It can help protect your child on websites and in certain apps, so you can set boundaries that suit your family.

Net Nanny gives you tools to manage your child’s internet use and see alerts and blocked activity, but it works best alongside conversations with your children and appropriate supervision.

“The service has been very effective at blocking what we don’t want to see and allowing what is okay.” – Mike K.

With Net Nanny®, you can encourage your children to use the internet for learning, homework and research while having safeguards in place. Net Nanny® helps block websites on supported Windows, Mac, Android and iOS devices, helping make your family’s web browsing safer.

Help limit your children’s exposure to adult content and pornography with Net Nanny®.