diff --git a/bubble-server/src/main/java/bubble/ApiConstants.java b/bubble-server/src/main/java/bubble/ApiConstants.java
index 3ec73ac1..63296b98 100644
--- a/bubble-server/src/main/java/bubble/ApiConstants.java
+++ b/bubble-server/src/main/java/bubble/ApiConstants.java
@@ -212,6 +212,7 @@ public class ApiConstants {
     public static final String EP_NODE_MANAGER = "/nodeman";
     public static final String EP_UPGRADE = "/upgrade";
     public static final String EP_LOGS = "/logs";
+    public static final String EP_FOLLOW = "/follow";
 
     public static final String DETECT_ENDPOINT = "/detect";
     public static final String EP_LOCALE = "/locale";
diff --git a/bubble-server/src/main/java/bubble/resources/stream/FilterHttpResource.java b/bubble-server/src/main/java/bubble/resources/stream/FilterHttpResource.java
index eb7ae626..868f564b 100644
--- a/bubble-server/src/main/java/bubble/resources/stream/FilterHttpResource.java
+++ b/bubble-server/src/main/java/bubble/resources/stream/FilterHttpResource.java
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@ import lombok.extern.slf4j.Slf4j;
 import org.cobbzilla.util.collection.ExpirationEvictionPolicy;
 import org.cobbzilla.util.collection.ExpirationMap;
 import org.cobbzilla.util.http.HttpContentEncodingType;
+import org.cobbzilla.util.http.HttpUtil;
 import org.cobbzilla.util.network.NetworkUtil;
 import org.cobbzilla.wizard.cache.redis.RedisService;
 import org.glassfish.grizzly.http.server.Request;
@@ -54,8 +55,7 @@ import static bubble.service.stream.HttpStreamDebug.getLogFqdn;
 import static bubble.service.stream.StandardRuleEngineService.MATCHERS_CACHE_TIMEOUT;
 import static com.google.common.net.HttpHeaders.CONTENT_SECURITY_POLICY;
 import static java.util.Collections.emptyMap;
-import static java.util.concurrent.TimeUnit.HOURS;
-import static java.util.concurrent.TimeUnit.MINUTES;
+import static java.util.concurrent.TimeUnit.*;
 import static javax.ws.rs.core.HttpHeaders.CONTENT_LENGTH;
 import static org.cobbzilla.util.collection.ArrayUtil.arrayToString;
 import static org.cobbzilla.util.daemon.ZillaRuntime.*;
@@ -630,6 +630,18 @@ public class FilterHttpResource {
         return ok_empty();
     }
 
+    private final Map<String, String> redirectCache
+            = new ExpirationMap<>(1000, DAYS.toMillis(3), ExpirationEvictionPolicy.atime);
+
+    @POST @Path(EP_FOLLOW+"/{requestId}")
+    public Response followLink(@Context Request req,
+                               @Context ContainerRequest ctx,
+                               @PathParam("requestId") String requestId,
+                               JsonNode urlNode) {
+        final FilterSubContext filterCtx = new FilterSubContext(req, requestId);
+        return ok(redirectCache.computeIfAbsent(urlNode.textValue(), HttpUtil::chaseRedirects));
+    }
+
     @Path(EP_ASSETS+"/{requestId}/{appId}")
     public AppAssetsResource getAppAssetsResource(@Context Request req,
                                                   @Context ContainerRequest ctx,
diff --git a/bubble-server/src/main/resources/bubble/rule/RequestModifierRule_icon.js.hbs b/bubble-server/src/main/resources/bubble/rule/RequestModifierRule_icon.js.hbs
index 347aa980..61c304a6 100644
--- a/bubble-server/src/main/resources/bubble/rule/RequestModifierRule_icon.js.hbs
+++ b/bubble-server/src/main/resources/bubble/rule/RequestModifierRule_icon.js.hbs
@@ -57,6 +57,29 @@ function {{JS_PREFIX}}_create_button(labelKey, labelDefault, onclick, labelForma
     return btn;
 }
 
+function {{JS_PREFIX}}_chase_redirects (a) {
+    if (a.className && a.className.indexOf('{{JS_PREFIX}}_followed') !== -1) return;
+    if (a.className) {
+        a.className = a.className + ' {{JS_PREFIX}}_followed';
+    } else {
+        a.className = '{{JS_PREFIX}}_followed';
+    }
+
+    a.rel = 'noopener noreferrer nofollow';
+    fetch('/__bubble/api/filter/follow/{{BUBBLE_REQUEST_ID}}', {method: 'POST', body: JSON.stringify(a.href)})
+        .then(response => response.text())
+        .then(data => {
+            if (data && (data.startsWith('http://') || data.startsWith('https://'))) {
+                a.href = data;
+            } else {
+                console.warn('chase_redirects: '+a.href+' returned non-URL response: '+data);
+            }
+        })
+        .catch((error) => {
+            console.error('chase_redirects: error following: '+a.href+': '+error);
+        });
+}
+
 if (typeof {{PAGE_PREFIX}}_icon_status === 'undefined') {
 
     {{PAGE_PREFIX}}_screenWidth = function () { return window.innerWidth || document.documentElement.clientWidth || document.body.clientWidth };
diff --git a/bubble-server/src/main/resources/bubble/rule/social/block/site/FB.js.hbs b/bubble-server/src/main/resources/bubble/rule/social/block/site/FB.js.hbs
index 28cdfeb3..35c5c16c 100644
--- a/bubble-server/src/main/resources/bubble/rule/social/block/site/FB.js.hbs
+++ b/bubble-server/src/main/resources/bubble/rule/social/block/site/FB.js.hbs
@@ -253,9 +253,9 @@ function {{JS_PREFIX}}_apply_blocks(blocked_users) {
             href = {{JS_PREFIX}}_remove_param(href, '__tn__');
             href = {{JS_PREFIX}}_remove_param(href, 'refid');
             a.href = href;
-            a.rel = 'noopener noreferrer nofollow';
             a.removeAttribute('data-gt');
             a.removeAttribute('data-sigil');
+            {{JS_PREFIX}}_chase_redirects(a);
         });
     }
 }
diff --git a/bubble-server/src/main/resources/bubble/rule/social/block/site/Twitter.js.hbs b/bubble-server/src/main/resources/bubble/rule/social/block/site/Twitter.js.hbs
index 644111f2..1de5aee3 100644
--- a/bubble-server/src/main/resources/bubble/rule/social/block/site/Twitter.js.hbs
+++ b/bubble-server/src/main/resources/bubble/rule/social/block/site/Twitter.js.hbs
@@ -68,6 +68,11 @@ function {{JS_PREFIX}}_apply_blocks(blocked_users) {
                     continue;
                 } else {
                     // console.log('FOUND tweet node for author: '+authorName);
+                    Array.from(tweet.getElementsByTagName('a')).forEach(a => {
+                        if (a.href && a.href.indexOf('https://t.co/') !== -1) {
+                            {{JS_PREFIX}}_chase_redirects(a);
+                        }
+                    });
                 }
 
                 // have we visited this tweet before?
diff --git a/utils/cobbzilla-utils b/utils/cobbzilla-utils
index dcaedf85..2b96b840 160000
--- a/utils/cobbzilla-utils
+++ b/utils/cobbzilla-utils
@@ -1 +1 @@
-Subproject commit dcaedf8546b02e475e862657af3fab6cbbbb7754
+Subproject commit 2b96b8403583585c6d7013f7100d4d29064c408a