How to get rid of the Net Neutrality banner that shows on all pages of one site?

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  skellermwd1 · Member · Feb 13, 2015 at 10:41 pm

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  It’s weird that this thing popped up today, on this one site, of the 15 I manage. I tried to find the issue using the forum search bar, but only got things about people installing a similar thing on the widget sidebar. I have not seen ads on any of my other sites. I would like to remove it, but the “x” does not remove the banner.

  Thanks,
  Steve

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  timethief · Member · Feb 13, 2015 at 11:23 pm

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  Please check in your widgets > Appearance > Widgets
  Have you activated this widget Widget Internet Defense League?

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  timethief · Member · Feb 13, 2015 at 11:25 pm

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  As I have never seen that on any WordPress.COM blog before, I tagged this thread for a Staff follow-up. Please subscribe to it so you are notified when they respond. To subscribe look in the sidebar of this thread, find the subscribe to topics link and click it.

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  timethief · Member · Feb 13, 2015 at 11:28 pm

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  As far as I can tell the code might be this one:

  <script type=”text/javascript”>
  var _bftn_options = { animation: ‘banner’ }
  </script>
  <script src=”//widget.battleforthenet.com/widget.min.js” async></script>

  From https://www.battleforthenet.com/

  But how it got on your blog is beyond me.

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  skellermwd1 · Member · Feb 13, 2015 at 11:44 pm

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  Wow, that was fast! Thanks for the quick attention, TT. I do have the Internet Defense League widget active, or on that site, but it has been there and on various other sites, and nothing like this ever showed up.

  I just removed the Internet Defense widget, and voila, the banner is gone. That’s a bummer, but whatever…

  Thanks,

  Steve Keller

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  timethief · Member · Feb 13, 2015 at 11:50 pm

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  Hooray! We resolved this and I love happy endings.