Hide all Snowden-related HN links with a Greasemonkey script

In plain words

This Greasemonkey script automatically hides Hacker News links related to Edward Snowden. Intended for users who prefer to avoid reading about Snowden-related news on the platform, the script filters out matching posts from their feed. It launched in 2013 during the height of Snowden coverage and operates as a browser userscript that runs locally on the user's machine.

written from the facts on this page · September 2026

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