# Replit — Replit Blocks Adult Content and Malware

- Company: Replit (replit.com)
- Announced: 2021-12-02
- Category: not stated
- Coverage: not counted
- Announcement: yes
- Group: announcements
- Source: https://replit.com/blog/family-friendly-dns
- Record: https://forck.live/items/18158-replit-blocks-adult-content-and-malware
- Subject: Replit Agent

At Replit, we have created a general purpose computing environment that anyone can use to run whatever programs they want, and access whatever services they want. You can run almost any type of software in a repl, including Mac OS , a Commodore 64 emulator , DOOM , or even a web browser. While this is powerful, it poses a few problems for us. There are some types of programs, like cryptocurrency miners and spam bots, that either use too many resources or damage the community as a whole, and as a result we can't allow them. This is especially important considering that a substantial portion of users on Replit are teenagers, many of whom use Replit at school or under parental supervision. We want to continue giving everyone computing superpowers, while still finding a way to protect our users from inappropriate content. That's why, starting this week, we are blocking all internet access to adult content and malware. That means if you run a web browser on Replit, you won't be able to access any objectionable or NSFW websites. How does it work? We did this by enabling the use of Cloudflare's family-friendly DNS resolver by default in all user repls. …

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