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Macworld / Glenn Fleishman / Aug 28, 2015

“I tested three beta content blockers against the latest public iOS 9 build: Adamant, Blockr, and Crystal.” —LO

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Owen, Laura Hazard. "What lies beneath: What you need to know about content blockers in iOS 9 Safari." Nieman Journalism Lab. Nieman Foundation for Journalism at Harvard, 28 Aug. 2015. Web. 26 Mar. 2025.

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