Remove unwanted news

This script helps you to filter out the news that you don't want to see. This example works for zeit.de, spiegel.de and watson.ch (popular swiss newssite)

You will need to install an extension such as Tampermonkey, Greasemonkey or Violentmonkey to install this script.

You will need to install an extension such as Tampermonkey to install this script.

You will need to install an extension such as Tampermonkey or Violentmonkey to install this script.

You will need to install an extension such as Tampermonkey or Userscripts to install this script.

You will need to install an extension such as Tampermonkey to install this script.

You will need to install a user script manager extension to install this script.

(I already have a user script manager, let me install it!)

You will need to install an extension such as Stylus to install this style.

You will need to install an extension such as Stylus to install this style.

You will need to install an extension such as Stylus to install this style.

You will need to install a user style manager extension to install this style.

You will need to install a user style manager extension to install this style.

You will need to install a user style manager extension to install this style.

(I already have a user style manager, let me install it!)

// ==UserScript==
// @name     Remove unwanted news
// @version  1.5
// @grant    none
// @namespace news_filtering
// @description This script helps you to filter out the news that you don't want to see. This example works for zeit.de, spiegel.de and watson.ch (popular swiss newssite)
// @license MIT
// @include        https://www.watson.ch/*
// @match https://www.zeit.de/*
// @match https://www.spiegel.de/*
// @match https://www.reddit.com/*
// @match https://www.facebook.com/*
// @match https://www.nzz.ch/*
// @match https://www.tagblatt.ch/*
// @match https://www.tagesanzeiger.ch/*
// @match https://zueriost.ch/*
// @match https://www.vaterland.li/*
// @require https://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/3.4.1/jquery.min.js 
// @require https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/notify/0.4.2/notify.min.js
// ==/UserScript==
//https://gist.github.com/BrockA/2625891

function truncate(str, n){
  return (str.length > n) ? str.slice(0, n-1) + '…' : str;
};

var inform_about_removal = false;

function recurseEl(father,element) {
  if(element.childElementCount === 0) {
    search = /(william)|(stories)|(sponsored)|(kardashian)|(heizen)|(strom)|(macron)|(merz)|(elon)|(ukraine)|(selenskyj)|(liveticker)|(influencer)|(fifa)|(messi)|(infantino)|(corona)|(putin)|(bolsonaro)|(trump)|(trumps)|(arabischen)|(arabisch)|(jong)|(musk)|(promis)|(promi)|(katar)|(boateng)|(russland)|(russen)|(nati)|(weltmeister)/
		if (element.innerText?.toLowerCase().match(search)){
			console.log("removing" + element.innerText)
      if (inform_about_removal){
        $.notify("Removed: " + truncate(element.innerText,60),"success",{position:"right bottom"});
  		}
      element.textContent = '';
      father.style.display = "none";
    }
  } else {
    Array.from(element.children).forEach(child => {
      recurseEl(father,child);
    });
  }
}

function updateHTML()
{
  var href = window.location.host;
  if (href == "www.zeit.de"){
		var selector =  ".zon-teaser-standard, .zon-teaser-wide, .zon-teaser-poster"
  }
  else if (href == "www.watson.ch"){
  	var selector = '.region'
  }
  else if (href == "www.spiegel.de"){
  	var selector = "article"
  }
  else if (href == "www.tagblatt.ch"){
  	var selector = ".widget--1of3, .widget--2of3, .widget--3of3, .widget--1of2, .widget--1of2-top, .widget--2of2"
  }
  else if (href == "www.nzz.ch"){
    var selector = ".widget--article , .teaser--1of3-news, .teaser--1of3-compact"
  }
  else if (href == "www.tagesanzeiger.ch"){
    var selector = ".ArticleTeaser_colorbox__3dUIa, article"
  }
  else if (href == "zueriost.ch"){
    var selector = ".col-xs-12"
  }
  else if (href == "www.vaterland.li"){
    var selector = ".defaultteaser"
  }
  else if (href == "www.facebook.com"){
		var selector = 'svg[viewBox="0 0 20 20"]' //search for the 3 dots in a post
  }
  else if (href == "www.reddit.com"){
    var selector = ".link"
  }
  $(selector).each(function(i, obj) {
    try {
        if (href == "www.facebook.com"){
          var obj = obj.parentElement.parentElement.parentElement.parentElement.parentElement.parentElement
          console.log(obj.innerText.toLowerCase())  
          recurseEl(obj,obj);
        }
        else{
          recurseEl(obj,obj);
        }
    	}
    catch (error) {
      console.error(error);
    }
  });
};

var intervalId = window.setInterval(function(){
	updateHTML();
}, 2000);