Learn more about PiHole here. This service is a managed offering of that. Some details:
PiHole takes some getting used to! You will be amazed (aghast?) at how much garbage you are querying for when you just want to look at little cute cat pictures or send mom an email. The tracking filters alone make this service worth its weight in gold. That said, it will also block lots of VALID things you are trying to do. To work around that, you can ask me to whitelist a site or components of sites. Again, no judgement. Shoppers be warned, that's where a metric ton of the tracking comes in that this tries to block!
This tool is not perfect and will block things that are perfectly legal and/or safe. This tool may also miss blocking things that are super not legal or should be on the above lists. By using this tool, you're indemnifying The Doodle Project and its employees, contractors, and proprietor (me) for your actions. I drop logs after 30 days. Data is stored and processed in the United States. Your data is not sold to or accessible by any other person or company.
PiHole is also not a panacea. It WILL NOT block everything. Some bad things will get through. You should ALWAYS treat this as a tool, not a solution - talk to your kids about the dangers of the above things. You can also request blocking of specific sites.
This service is currently only available for your home network. A solution for mobile devices is in the works! Let me know if that's of interest to you.
Get you a PiHole and block bad things. Email support@thedoodleproject.net to get started. The cost is $5/home IP address/month billed annually. Bandwidth is not metered for this service.
This isn't a VPN, although we do that too.