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msrn

opened on Oct 24, 2018

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Was redirected to here from uBlockOrigin/uAssets#3780

URL(s) where the issue occurs

superliitto.fi, sak.fi, akt.fi, selry.fi, akava.fi, oaj.fi, stthl.fi, proliitto.fi, pam.fi, sahkoliitto.fi

Describe the issue

There are currently happening several political strikes in Finland, where unions are taking their stance against the goverment.
https://yle.fi/uutiset/osasto/news/security_guard_3-day_strike_to_start_on_wednesday/10469154

Few days ago the maintainer of FIN: Finnish Addition to Easylist -list, called Adblocker for Finland. Decided to block several union websites to make political statement about these strikes.

Direct link to the list - https://adb.juvander.net/Finland_adb.txt
Archive.is -version - https://archive.is/1WYkz

I really think filter lists aren't suitable enviroment to make political statements and the maintainer is clearly abusing his power with actions like these. Thus please consider removing this filterlist from uBo's assets.json

Screenshot(s)

Screenshot of blocking the website pam.fi
Screenshot of the filters
Rough ranslation: Statement about the union strikes. Will be removed after the strikes.
Screenshot of FB post made by the maintainer
Rough translation: As an objection to actions of trade unions.The finnish adblocking list now block sites of those unions which are joining the strike. Not all sites are there, but more are coming. They will removed after the unions start to respect the goverment again by ending these political strikes.

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• Browser/version: Firefox 63
• uBlock Origin version: uBlock Origin v1.17.2

Notes

Wikipedia page about the Central Organisation of Finnish Trade Unions

Strike in the security guarding sector to go ahead – mediation ended without any settlement proposal . PAM.fi

Reacted by nikomo, Hevinalle, ollran, tp0, Riikka Kalliomäki, Moses Holmström, Joa Riski, Roope, Otto Chrons, Vesa Hagström and 41 more

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1. TheNikomo commented on Oct 24, 2018

   

   TheNikomo

   on Oct 24, 2018

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   I was just about to submit an issue for this, but decided to recheck issues before hitting submit.

   If the filter isn't at least removed from assets.json, there should at the very least be a disclaimer next to it, warning users that not only will it block advertisements, but it will cause issues with visiting the websites of various worker's unions.
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   enhancementNew feature or requestNew feature or request

   on Oct 24, 2018
3. gorhill commented on Oct 24, 2018

   

   gorhill

   on Oct 24, 2018

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   Found in the FIN filter list:

   ! Kannanotto liittojen lakkoiluun
   ! Nämä poistuvat kun lakot loppuu
   tehy.fi
   ##a[href*="tehy.fi"]
   superliitto.fi
   ##a[href*="superliitto.fi"]
   sak.fi
   ##a[href*="sak.fi"]
   akt.fi
   ##a[href*="akt.fi"]
   selry.fi
   ##a[href*="selry.fi"]
   akava.fi
   ##a[href*="akava.fi"]
   oaj.fi
   ##a[href*="oaj.fi"]
   stthl.fi
   ##a[href*="stthl.fi"]
   proliitto.fi
   ##a[href*="proliitto.fi"]
   pam.fi
   ##a[href*="pam.fi"]
   sahkoliitto.fi
   ##a[href*="sahkoliitto.fi"]
   

   Google Translate:

   A stance on alliance strikes
   These will disappear as the strikes run out

   A filter list is not to be used to express a political stance, unless it is made explicit and obvious in the list's primary purpose. Otherwise I consider this a breach of trust.

   Reacted by ollran, MDM63, nikomo, Aminda Suomalainen ⚧, tp0, Riikka Kalliomäki, Jani Korhonen, Joa Riski, Roope, Otto Chrons and 64 more
4. gorhill

   closed this as completedin c6025e6on Oct 24, 2018
5. uBlock-user

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   fixedissue has been addressedissue has been addressed

   on Oct 24, 2018
7. SanSamurai commented on Oct 25, 2018

   

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9. TheNikomo commented on Oct 25, 2018

   

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10. uBlockOrigin

    locked and limited conversation to collaborators on Oct 25, 2018
11. uBlock-user commented on Oct 25, 2018

    

    uBlock-user

    on Oct 25, 2018

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    Continue your verbal wrestle over reddit.
12. mneunomne

    added a commit that references this issue on Jul 16, 2026

    fix uBlockOrigin/uBlock-issues#285

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