Current content filtering and blocking methods are susceptible to variouscircumvention techniques and are relatively slow in dealing with new threats. This is due to
these methods using shallow pattern recognition that is based on regular expression rules found
in crowdsourced block lists. We propose a novel system that aims to remedy the
aforementioned issues by examining deep textual patterns of network-oriented content relating
to the domain being interacted with. Moreover, we propose to use federated learning that allows
users to take advantage of each other's localized knowledge/experience regarding what should
or should not be blocked on a network without compromising privacy. Our experiments show the
promise of our proposed approach in real world settings. We also provide data-driven
recommendations on how to best implement the proposed system.