diff --git a/src/Module/Admin/Site.php b/src/Module/Admin/Site.php
index 0ce2724447..10f32d079c 100644
--- a/src/Module/Admin/Site.php
+++ b/src/Module/Admin/Site.php
@@ -162,6 +162,7 @@ class Site extends BaseAdmin
 		$disable_embedded       = !empty($_POST['disable_embedded']);
 		$allow_users_remote_self = !empty($_POST['allow_users_remote_self']);
 		$explicit_content       = !empty($_POST['explicit_content']);
+		$proxify_content        = !empty($_POST['proxify_content']);
 
 		$enable_multi_reg       = !empty($_POST['enable_multi_reg']);
 		$enable_openid          = !empty($_POST['enable_openid']);
@@ -328,6 +329,7 @@ class Site extends BaseAdmin
 		DI::config()->set('system', 'disable_embedded'       , $disable_embedded);
 		DI::config()->set('system', 'allow_users_remote_self', $allow_users_remote_self);
 		DI::config()->set('system', 'explicit_content'       , $explicit_content);
+		DI::config()->set('system', 'proxify_content'        , $proxify_content);
 		DI::config()->set('system', 'check_new_version_url'  , $check_new_version_url);
 
 		DI::config()->set('system', 'block_extended_register', !$enable_multi_reg);
@@ -551,6 +553,7 @@ class Site extends BaseAdmin
 			'$private_addons'         => ['private_addons', DI::l10n()->t('Disallow public access to addons listed in the apps menu.'), DI::config()->get('config', 'private_addons'), DI::l10n()->t('Checking this box will restrict addons listed in the apps menu to members only.')],
 			'$disable_embedded'       => ['disable_embedded', DI::l10n()->t('Don\'t embed private images in posts'), DI::config()->get('system', 'disable_embedded'), DI::l10n()->t('Don\'t replace locally-hosted private photos in posts with an embedded copy of the image. This means that contacts who receive posts containing private photos will have to authenticate and load each image, which may take a while.')],
 			'$explicit_content'       => ['explicit_content', DI::l10n()->t('Explicit Content'), DI::config()->get('system', 'explicit_content'), DI::l10n()->t('Set this to announce that your node is used mostly for explicit content that might not be suited for minors. This information will be published in the node information and might be used, e.g. by the global directory, to filter your node from listings of nodes to join. Additionally a note about this will be shown at the user registration page.')],
+			'$proxify_content'        => ['proxify_content', DI::l10n()->t('Proxify external content'), DI::config()->get('system', 'proxify_content'), DI::l10n()->t('Redirect external content via the proxy functionality. This is used for example for some OEmbed accesses and in some other rare cases.')],
 			'$allow_users_remote_self'=> ['allow_users_remote_self', DI::l10n()->t('Allow Users to set remote_self'), DI::config()->get('system', 'allow_users_remote_self'), DI::l10n()->t('With checking this, every user is allowed to mark every contact as a remote_self in the repair contact dialog. Setting this flag on a contact causes mirroring every posting of that contact in the users stream.')],
 			'$enable_multi_reg'       => ['enable_multi_reg', DI::l10n()->t('Enable multiple registrations'), !DI::config()->get('system', 'block_extended_register'), DI::l10n()->t('Enable users to register additional accounts for use as pages.')],
 			'$enable_openid'          => ['enable_openid', DI::l10n()->t('Enable OpenID'), !DI::config()->get('system', 'no_openid'), DI::l10n()->t('Enable OpenID support for registration and logins.')],
diff --git a/src/Module/Proxy.php b/src/Module/Proxy.php
index cd11d9e3ab..15ef1c4412 100644
--- a/src/Module/Proxy.php
+++ b/src/Module/Proxy.php
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ namespace Friendica\Module;
 use Friendica\BaseModule;
 use Friendica\Core\Logger;
 use Friendica\Core\System;
+use Friendica\DI;
 use Friendica\Object\Image;
 use Friendica\Util\HTTPSignature;
 use Friendica\Util\Images;
@@ -44,6 +45,13 @@ class Proxy extends BaseModule
 	 */
 	public static function rawContent(array $parameters = [])
 	{
+		$request = self::getRequestInfo($parameters);
+
+		if (!DI::config()->get('system', 'proxify_content')) {
+			Logger::notice('Proxy access is forbidden', ['request' => $request, 'agent' => $_SERVER['HTTP_USER_AGENT'] ?? '', 'accept' => $_SERVER['HTTP_ACCEPT'] ?? '']);
+			throw new \Friendica\Network\HTTPException\NotFoundException();
+		}
+
 		if (isset($_SERVER["HTTP_IF_MODIFIED_SINCE"])) {
 			header("HTTP/1.1 304 Not Modified");
 			header("Last-Modified: " . gmdate("D, d M Y H:i:s", time()) . " GMT");
@@ -60,8 +68,6 @@ class Proxy extends BaseModule
 			exit;
 		}
 
-		$request = self::getRequestInfo($parameters);
-
 		if (empty($request['url'])) {
 			throw new \Friendica\Network\HTTPException\BadRequestException();
 		}
diff --git a/src/Util/Proxy.php b/src/Util/Proxy.php
index 443725a3d8..2748090000 100644
--- a/src/Util/Proxy.php
+++ b/src/Util/Proxy.php
@@ -82,6 +82,10 @@ class Proxy
 	 */
 	public static function proxifyUrl($url, $size = '')
 	{
+		if (!DI::config()->get('system', 'proxify_content')) {
+			return $url;
+		}
+
 		// Trim URL first
 		$url = trim($url);
 
diff --git a/static/defaults.config.php b/static/defaults.config.php
index b405d5f5e4..0d25a1751a 100644
--- a/static/defaults.config.php
+++ b/static/defaults.config.php
@@ -429,10 +429,6 @@ return [
 		// Enable internal timings to help optimize code. Needed for "rendertime" addon.
 		'profiler' => false,
 
-		// proxy_cache_time (Integer)
-		// Period in seconds after which the cache is cleared.
-		'proxy_cache_time' => 86400,
-
 		// pushpoll_frequency (Integer)
 		// Frequency of contact poll for subhub contact using the DFRM or OStatus network.
 		// Available values:
diff --git a/static/settings.config.php b/static/settings.config.php
index 53a00562db..5d9b430b19 100644
--- a/static/settings.config.php
+++ b/static/settings.config.php
@@ -164,6 +164,10 @@ return [
 		// Comma separated list of tags that are rejected.
 		'relay_deny_tags' => '',
 
+		// proxify_content (Boolean)
+		// Use the proxy functionality for fetching external content
+		'proxify_content' => true,
+
 		// relay_directly (Boolean)
 		// Directly transmit content to relay subscribers without using a relay server
 		'relay_directly' => false,
diff --git a/view/lang/C/messages.po b/view/lang/C/messages.po
index 1294927b2a..4b4480d465 100644
--- a/view/lang/C/messages.po
+++ b/view/lang/C/messages.po
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ msgid ""
 msgstr ""
 "Project-Id-Version: 2021.09-rc\n"
 "Report-Msgid-Bugs-To: \n"
-"POT-Creation-Date: 2021-09-06 12:45-0400\n"
+"POT-Creation-Date: 2021-09-09 12:39+0000\n"
 "PO-Revision-Date: YEAR-MO-DA HO:MI+ZONE\n"
 "Last-Translator: FULL NAME <EMAIL@ADDRESS>\n"
 "Language-Team: LANGUAGE <LL@li.org>\n"
@@ -1029,7 +1029,7 @@ msgstr ""
 msgid "Basic"
 msgstr ""
 
-#: mod/events.php:582 src/Module/Admin/Site.php:503 src/Module/Contact.php:916
+#: mod/events.php:582 src/Module/Admin/Site.php:505 src/Module/Contact.php:916
 #: src/Module/Profile/Profile.php:249
 msgid "Advanced"
 msgstr ""
@@ -1866,7 +1866,7 @@ msgstr ""
 
 #: mod/settings.php:482 mod/settings.php:575 mod/settings.php:712
 #: src/Module/Admin/Addons/Index.php:69 src/Module/Admin/Features.php:87
-#: src/Module/Admin/Logs/Settings.php:82 src/Module/Admin/Site.php:498
+#: src/Module/Admin/Logs/Settings.php:82 src/Module/Admin/Site.php:500
 #: src/Module/Admin/Themes/Index.php:113 src/Module/Admin/Tos.php:66
 #: src/Module/Settings/Delegation.php:170 src/Module/Settings/Display.php:194
 msgid "Save Settings"
@@ -5049,7 +5049,7 @@ msgstr ""
 #: src/Module/Admin/Blocklist/Server.php:88 src/Module/Admin/Federation.php:159
 #: src/Module/Admin/Item/Delete.php:65 src/Module/Admin/Logs/Settings.php:80
 #: src/Module/Admin/Logs/View.php:84 src/Module/Admin/Queue.php:72
-#: src/Module/Admin/Site.php:495 src/Module/Admin/Storage.php:131
+#: src/Module/Admin/Site.php:497 src/Module/Admin/Storage.php:131
 #: src/Module/Admin/Summary.php:232 src/Module/Admin/Themes/Details.php:90
 #: src/Module/Admin/Themes/Index.php:111 src/Module/Admin/Tos.php:58
 #: src/Module/Admin/Users/Active.php:136 src/Module/Admin/Users/Blocked.php:137
@@ -5603,464 +5603,464 @@ msgstr ""
 msgid "Relocation started. Could take a while to complete."
 msgstr ""
 
-#: src/Module/Admin/Site.php:400 src/Module/Settings/Display.php:139
+#: src/Module/Admin/Site.php:402 src/Module/Settings/Display.php:139
 msgid "No special theme for mobile devices"
 msgstr ""
 
-#: src/Module/Admin/Site.php:417 src/Module/Settings/Display.php:149
+#: src/Module/Admin/Site.php:419 src/Module/Settings/Display.php:149
 #, php-format
 msgid "%s - (Experimental)"
 msgstr ""
 
-#: src/Module/Admin/Site.php:429
+#: src/Module/Admin/Site.php:431
 msgid "No community page for local users"
 msgstr ""
 
-#: src/Module/Admin/Site.php:430
+#: src/Module/Admin/Site.php:432
 msgid "No community page"
 msgstr ""
 
-#: src/Module/Admin/Site.php:431
+#: src/Module/Admin/Site.php:433
 msgid "Public postings from users of this site"
 msgstr ""
 
-#: src/Module/Admin/Site.php:432
+#: src/Module/Admin/Site.php:434
 msgid "Public postings from the federated network"
 msgstr ""
 
-#: src/Module/Admin/Site.php:433
+#: src/Module/Admin/Site.php:435
 msgid "Public postings from local users and the federated network"
 msgstr ""
 
-#: src/Module/Admin/Site.php:439
+#: src/Module/Admin/Site.php:441
 msgid "Multi user instance"
 msgstr ""
 
-#: src/Module/Admin/Site.php:466
+#: src/Module/Admin/Site.php:468
 msgid "Closed"
 msgstr ""
 
-#: src/Module/Admin/Site.php:467
+#: src/Module/Admin/Site.php:469
 msgid "Requires approval"
 msgstr ""
 
-#: src/Module/Admin/Site.php:468
+#: src/Module/Admin/Site.php:470
 msgid "Open"
 msgstr ""
 
-#: src/Module/Admin/Site.php:472 src/Module/Install.php:215
+#: src/Module/Admin/Site.php:474 src/Module/Install.php:215
 msgid "No SSL policy, links will track page SSL state"
 msgstr ""
 
-#: src/Module/Admin/Site.php:473 src/Module/Install.php:216
+#: src/Module/Admin/Site.php:475 src/Module/Install.php:216
 msgid "Force all links to use SSL"
 msgstr ""
 
-#: src/Module/Admin/Site.php:474 src/Module/Install.php:217
+#: src/Module/Admin/Site.php:476 src/Module/Install.php:217
 msgid "Self-signed certificate, use SSL for local links only (discouraged)"
 msgstr ""
 
-#: src/Module/Admin/Site.php:478
+#: src/Module/Admin/Site.php:480
 msgid "Don't check"
 msgstr ""
 
-#: src/Module/Admin/Site.php:479
+#: src/Module/Admin/Site.php:481
 msgid "check the stable version"
 msgstr ""
 
-#: src/Module/Admin/Site.php:480
+#: src/Module/Admin/Site.php:482
 msgid "check the development version"
 msgstr ""
 
-#: src/Module/Admin/Site.php:484
+#: src/Module/Admin/Site.php:486
 msgid "none"
 msgstr ""
 
-#: src/Module/Admin/Site.php:485
+#: src/Module/Admin/Site.php:487
 msgid "Local contacts"
 msgstr ""
 
-#: src/Module/Admin/Site.php:486
+#: src/Module/Admin/Site.php:488
 msgid "Interactors"
 msgstr ""
 
-#: src/Module/Admin/Site.php:496 src/Module/BaseAdmin.php:90
+#: src/Module/Admin/Site.php:498 src/Module/BaseAdmin.php:90
 msgid "Site"
 msgstr ""
 
-#: src/Module/Admin/Site.php:497
+#: src/Module/Admin/Site.php:499
 msgid "General Information"
 msgstr ""
 
-#: src/Module/Admin/Site.php:499
+#: src/Module/Admin/Site.php:501
 msgid "Republish users to directory"
 msgstr ""
 
-#: src/Module/Admin/Site.php:500 src/Module/Register.php:139
+#: src/Module/Admin/Site.php:502 src/Module/Register.php:139
 msgid "Registration"
 msgstr ""
 
-#: src/Module/Admin/Site.php:501
+#: src/Module/Admin/Site.php:503
 msgid "File upload"
 msgstr ""
 
-#: src/Module/Admin/Site.php:502
+#: src/Module/Admin/Site.php:504
 msgid "Policies"
 msgstr ""
 
-#: src/Module/Admin/Site.php:504
+#: src/Module/Admin/Site.php:506
 msgid "Auto Discovered Contact Directory"
 msgstr ""
 
-#: src/Module/Admin/Site.php:505
+#: src/Module/Admin/Site.php:507
 msgid "Performance"
 msgstr ""
 
-#: src/Module/Admin/Site.php:506
+#: src/Module/Admin/Site.php:508
 msgid "Worker"
 msgstr ""
 
-#: src/Module/Admin/Site.php:507
+#: src/Module/Admin/Site.php:509
 msgid "Message Relay"
 msgstr ""
 
-#: src/Module/Admin/Site.php:508
+#: src/Module/Admin/Site.php:510
 msgid ""
 "Use the command \"console relay\" in the command line to add or remove "
 "relays."
 msgstr ""
 
-#: src/Module/Admin/Site.php:509
+#: src/Module/Admin/Site.php:511
 msgid "The system is not subscribed to any relays at the moment."
 msgstr ""
 
-#: src/Module/Admin/Site.php:510
+#: src/Module/Admin/Site.php:512
 msgid "The system is currently subscribed to the following relays:"
 msgstr ""
 
-#: src/Module/Admin/Site.php:512
+#: src/Module/Admin/Site.php:514
 msgid "Relocate Instance"
 msgstr ""
 
-#: src/Module/Admin/Site.php:513
+#: src/Module/Admin/Site.php:515
 msgid ""
 "<strong>Warning!</strong> Advanced function. Could make this server "
 "unreachable."
 msgstr ""
 
-#: src/Module/Admin/Site.php:517
+#: src/Module/Admin/Site.php:519
 msgid "Site name"
 msgstr ""
 
-#: src/Module/Admin/Site.php:518
+#: src/Module/Admin/Site.php:520
 msgid "Sender Email"
 msgstr ""
 
-#: src/Module/Admin/Site.php:518
+#: src/Module/Admin/Site.php:520
 msgid ""
 "The email address your server shall use to send notification emails from."
 msgstr ""
 
-#: src/Module/Admin/Site.php:519
+#: src/Module/Admin/Site.php:521
 msgid "Name of the system actor"
 msgstr ""
 
-#: src/Module/Admin/Site.php:519
+#: src/Module/Admin/Site.php:521
 msgid ""
 "Name of the internal system account that is used to perform ActivityPub "
 "requests. This must be an unused username. If set, this can't be changed "
 "again."
 msgstr ""
 
-#: src/Module/Admin/Site.php:520
+#: src/Module/Admin/Site.php:522
 msgid "Banner/Logo"
 msgstr ""
 
-#: src/Module/Admin/Site.php:521
+#: src/Module/Admin/Site.php:523
 msgid "Email Banner/Logo"
 msgstr ""
 
-#: src/Module/Admin/Site.php:522
+#: src/Module/Admin/Site.php:524
 msgid "Shortcut icon"
 msgstr ""
 
-#: src/Module/Admin/Site.php:522
+#: src/Module/Admin/Site.php:524
 msgid "Link to an icon that will be used for browsers."
 msgstr ""
 
-#: src/Module/Admin/Site.php:523
+#: src/Module/Admin/Site.php:525
 msgid "Touch icon"
 msgstr ""
 
-#: src/Module/Admin/Site.php:523
+#: src/Module/Admin/Site.php:525
 msgid "Link to an icon that will be used for tablets and mobiles."
 msgstr ""
 
-#: src/Module/Admin/Site.php:524
+#: src/Module/Admin/Site.php:526
 msgid "Additional Info"
 msgstr ""
 
-#: src/Module/Admin/Site.php:524
+#: src/Module/Admin/Site.php:526
 #, php-format
 msgid ""
 "For public servers: you can add additional information here that will be "
 "listed at %s/servers."
 msgstr ""
 
-#: src/Module/Admin/Site.php:525
+#: src/Module/Admin/Site.php:527
 msgid "System language"
 msgstr ""
 
-#: src/Module/Admin/Site.php:526
+#: src/Module/Admin/Site.php:528
 msgid "System theme"
 msgstr ""
 
-#: src/Module/Admin/Site.php:526
+#: src/Module/Admin/Site.php:528
 msgid ""
 "Default system theme - may be over-ridden by user profiles - <a href=\"/"
 "admin/themes\" id=\"cnftheme\">Change default theme settings</a>"
 msgstr ""
 
-#: src/Module/Admin/Site.php:527
+#: src/Module/Admin/Site.php:529
 msgid "Mobile system theme"
 msgstr ""
 
-#: src/Module/Admin/Site.php:527
+#: src/Module/Admin/Site.php:529
 msgid "Theme for mobile devices"
 msgstr ""
 
-#: src/Module/Admin/Site.php:528 src/Module/Install.php:225
+#: src/Module/Admin/Site.php:530 src/Module/Install.php:225
 msgid "SSL link policy"
 msgstr ""
 
-#: src/Module/Admin/Site.php:528 src/Module/Install.php:227
+#: src/Module/Admin/Site.php:530 src/Module/Install.php:227
 msgid "Determines whether generated links should be forced to use SSL"
 msgstr ""
 
-#: src/Module/Admin/Site.php:529
+#: src/Module/Admin/Site.php:531
 msgid "Force SSL"
 msgstr ""
 
-#: src/Module/Admin/Site.php:529
+#: src/Module/Admin/Site.php:531
 msgid ""
 "Force all Non-SSL requests to SSL - Attention: on some systems it could lead "
 "to endless loops."
 msgstr ""
 
-#: src/Module/Admin/Site.php:530
+#: src/Module/Admin/Site.php:532
 msgid "Show help entry from navigation menu"
 msgstr ""
 
-#: src/Module/Admin/Site.php:530
+#: src/Module/Admin/Site.php:532
 msgid ""
 "Displays the menu entry for the Help pages from the navigation menu. It is "
 "always accessible by calling /help directly."
 msgstr ""
 
-#: src/Module/Admin/Site.php:531
+#: src/Module/Admin/Site.php:533
 msgid "Single user instance"
 msgstr ""
 
-#: src/Module/Admin/Site.php:531
+#: src/Module/Admin/Site.php:533
 msgid "Make this instance multi-user or single-user for the named user"
 msgstr ""
 
-#: src/Module/Admin/Site.php:533
+#: src/Module/Admin/Site.php:535
 msgid "Maximum image size"
 msgstr ""
 
-#: src/Module/Admin/Site.php:533
+#: src/Module/Admin/Site.php:535
 msgid ""
 "Maximum size in bytes of uploaded images. Default is 0, which means no "
 "limits."
 msgstr ""
 
-#: src/Module/Admin/Site.php:534
+#: src/Module/Admin/Site.php:536
 msgid "Maximum image length"
 msgstr ""
 
-#: src/Module/Admin/Site.php:534
+#: src/Module/Admin/Site.php:536
 msgid ""
 "Maximum length in pixels of the longest side of uploaded images. Default is "
 "-1, which means no limits."
 msgstr ""
 
-#: src/Module/Admin/Site.php:535
+#: src/Module/Admin/Site.php:537
 msgid "JPEG image quality"
 msgstr ""
 
-#: src/Module/Admin/Site.php:535
+#: src/Module/Admin/Site.php:537
 msgid ""
 "Uploaded JPEGS will be saved at this quality setting [0-100]. Default is "
 "100, which is full quality."
 msgstr ""
 
-#: src/Module/Admin/Site.php:537
+#: src/Module/Admin/Site.php:539
 msgid "Register policy"
 msgstr ""
 
-#: src/Module/Admin/Site.php:538
+#: src/Module/Admin/Site.php:540
 msgid "Maximum Daily Registrations"
 msgstr ""
 
-#: src/Module/Admin/Site.php:538
+#: src/Module/Admin/Site.php:540
 msgid ""
 "If registration is permitted above, this sets the maximum number of new user "
 "registrations to accept per day.  If register is set to closed, this setting "
 "has no effect."
 msgstr ""
 
-#: src/Module/Admin/Site.php:539
+#: src/Module/Admin/Site.php:541
 msgid "Register text"
 msgstr ""
 
-#: src/Module/Admin/Site.php:539
+#: src/Module/Admin/Site.php:541
 msgid ""
 "Will be displayed prominently on the registration page. You can use BBCode "
 "here."
 msgstr ""
 
-#: src/Module/Admin/Site.php:540
+#: src/Module/Admin/Site.php:542
 msgid "Forbidden Nicknames"
 msgstr ""
 
-#: src/Module/Admin/Site.php:540
+#: src/Module/Admin/Site.php:542
 msgid ""
 "Comma separated list of nicknames that are forbidden from registration. "
 "Preset is a list of role names according RFC 2142."
 msgstr ""
 
-#: src/Module/Admin/Site.php:541
+#: src/Module/Admin/Site.php:543
 msgid "Accounts abandoned after x days"
 msgstr ""
 
-#: src/Module/Admin/Site.php:541
+#: src/Module/Admin/Site.php:543
 msgid ""
 "Will not waste system resources polling external sites for abandonded "
 "accounts. Enter 0 for no time limit."
 msgstr ""
 
-#: src/Module/Admin/Site.php:542
+#: src/Module/Admin/Site.php:544
 msgid "Allowed friend domains"
 msgstr ""
 
-#: src/Module/Admin/Site.php:542
+#: src/Module/Admin/Site.php:544
 msgid ""
 "Comma separated list of domains which are allowed to establish friendships "
 "with this site. Wildcards are accepted. Empty to allow any domains"
 msgstr ""
 
-#: src/Module/Admin/Site.php:543
+#: src/Module/Admin/Site.php:545
 msgid "Allowed email domains"
 msgstr ""
 
-#: src/Module/Admin/Site.php:543
+#: src/Module/Admin/Site.php:545
 msgid ""
 "Comma separated list of domains which are allowed in email addresses for "
 "registrations to this site. Wildcards are accepted. Empty to allow any "
 "domains"
 msgstr ""
 
-#: src/Module/Admin/Site.php:544
+#: src/Module/Admin/Site.php:546
 msgid "No OEmbed rich content"
 msgstr ""
 
-#: src/Module/Admin/Site.php:544
+#: src/Module/Admin/Site.php:546
 msgid ""
 "Don't show the rich content (e.g. embedded PDF), except from the domains "
 "listed below."
 msgstr ""
 
-#: src/Module/Admin/Site.php:545
+#: src/Module/Admin/Site.php:547
 msgid "Trusted third-party domains"
 msgstr ""
 
-#: src/Module/Admin/Site.php:545
+#: src/Module/Admin/Site.php:547
 msgid ""
 "Comma separated list of domains from which content is allowed to be embedded "
 "in posts like with OEmbed. All sub-domains of the listed domains are allowed "
 "as well."
 msgstr ""
 
-#: src/Module/Admin/Site.php:546
+#: src/Module/Admin/Site.php:548
 msgid "Block public"
 msgstr ""
 
-#: src/Module/Admin/Site.php:546
+#: src/Module/Admin/Site.php:548
 msgid ""
 "Check to block public access to all otherwise public personal pages on this "
 "site unless you are currently logged in."
 msgstr ""
 
-#: src/Module/Admin/Site.php:547
+#: src/Module/Admin/Site.php:549
 msgid "Force publish"
 msgstr ""
 
-#: src/Module/Admin/Site.php:547
+#: src/Module/Admin/Site.php:549
 msgid ""
 "Check to force all profiles on this site to be listed in the site directory."
 msgstr ""
 
-#: src/Module/Admin/Site.php:547
+#: src/Module/Admin/Site.php:549
 msgid "Enabling this may violate privacy laws like the GDPR"
 msgstr ""
 
-#: src/Module/Admin/Site.php:548
+#: src/Module/Admin/Site.php:550
 msgid "Global directory URL"
 msgstr ""
 
-#: src/Module/Admin/Site.php:548
+#: src/Module/Admin/Site.php:550
 msgid ""
 "URL to the global directory. If this is not set, the global directory is "
 "completely unavailable to the application."
 msgstr ""
 
-#: src/Module/Admin/Site.php:549
+#: src/Module/Admin/Site.php:551
 msgid "Private posts by default for new users"
 msgstr ""
 
-#: src/Module/Admin/Site.php:549
+#: src/Module/Admin/Site.php:551
 msgid ""
 "Set default post permissions for all new members to the default privacy "
 "group rather than public."
 msgstr ""
 
-#: src/Module/Admin/Site.php:550
+#: src/Module/Admin/Site.php:552
 msgid "Don't include post content in email notifications"
 msgstr ""
 
-#: src/Module/Admin/Site.php:550
+#: src/Module/Admin/Site.php:552
 msgid ""
 "Don't include the content of a post/comment/private message/etc. in the "
 "email notifications that are sent out from this site, as a privacy measure."
 msgstr ""
 
-#: src/Module/Admin/Site.php:551
+#: src/Module/Admin/Site.php:553
 msgid "Disallow public access to addons listed in the apps menu."
 msgstr ""
 
-#: src/Module/Admin/Site.php:551
+#: src/Module/Admin/Site.php:553
 msgid ""
 "Checking this box will restrict addons listed in the apps menu to members "
 "only."
 msgstr ""
 
-#: src/Module/Admin/Site.php:552
+#: src/Module/Admin/Site.php:554
 msgid "Don't embed private images in posts"
 msgstr ""
 
-#: src/Module/Admin/Site.php:552
+#: src/Module/Admin/Site.php:554
 msgid ""
 "Don't replace locally-hosted private photos in posts with an embedded copy "
 "of the image. This means that contacts who receive posts containing private "
 "photos will have to authenticate and load each image, which may take a while."
 msgstr ""
 
-#: src/Module/Admin/Site.php:553
+#: src/Module/Admin/Site.php:555
 msgid "Explicit Content"
 msgstr ""
 
-#: src/Module/Admin/Site.php:553
+#: src/Module/Admin/Site.php:555
 msgid ""
 "Set this to announce that your node is used mostly for explicit content that "
 "might not be suited for minors. This information will be published in the "
@@ -6069,235 +6069,245 @@ msgid ""
 "will be shown at the user registration page."
 msgstr ""
 
-#: src/Module/Admin/Site.php:554
+#: src/Module/Admin/Site.php:556
+msgid "Proxify external content"
+msgstr ""
+
+#: src/Module/Admin/Site.php:556
+msgid ""
+"Redirect external content via the proxy functionality. This is used for "
+"example for some OEmbed accesses and in some other rare cases."
+msgstr ""
+
+#: src/Module/Admin/Site.php:557
 msgid "Allow Users to set remote_self"
 msgstr ""
 
-#: src/Module/Admin/Site.php:554
+#: src/Module/Admin/Site.php:557
 msgid ""
 "With checking this, every user is allowed to mark every contact as a "
 "remote_self in the repair contact dialog. Setting this flag on a contact "
 "causes mirroring every posting of that contact in the users stream."
 msgstr ""
 
-#: src/Module/Admin/Site.php:555
+#: src/Module/Admin/Site.php:558
 msgid "Enable multiple registrations"
 msgstr ""
 
-#: src/Module/Admin/Site.php:555
+#: src/Module/Admin/Site.php:558
 msgid "Enable users to register additional accounts for use as pages."
 msgstr ""
 
-#: src/Module/Admin/Site.php:556
+#: src/Module/Admin/Site.php:559
 msgid "Enable OpenID"
 msgstr ""
 
-#: src/Module/Admin/Site.php:556
+#: src/Module/Admin/Site.php:559
 msgid "Enable OpenID support for registration and logins."
 msgstr ""
 
-#: src/Module/Admin/Site.php:557
+#: src/Module/Admin/Site.php:560
 msgid "Enable Fullname check"
 msgstr ""
 
-#: src/Module/Admin/Site.php:557
+#: src/Module/Admin/Site.php:560
 msgid ""
 "Enable check to only allow users to register with a space between the first "
 "name and the last name in their full name."
 msgstr ""
 
-#: src/Module/Admin/Site.php:558
+#: src/Module/Admin/Site.php:561
 msgid "Community pages for visitors"
 msgstr ""
 
-#: src/Module/Admin/Site.php:558
+#: src/Module/Admin/Site.php:561
 msgid ""
 "Which community pages should be available for visitors. Local users always "
 "see both pages."
 msgstr ""
 
-#: src/Module/Admin/Site.php:559
+#: src/Module/Admin/Site.php:562
 msgid "Posts per user on community page"
 msgstr ""
 
-#: src/Module/Admin/Site.php:559
+#: src/Module/Admin/Site.php:562
 msgid ""
 "The maximum number of posts per user on the community page. (Not valid for "
 "\"Global Community\")"
 msgstr ""
 
-#: src/Module/Admin/Site.php:561
+#: src/Module/Admin/Site.php:564
 msgid "Enable Mail support"
 msgstr ""
 
-#: src/Module/Admin/Site.php:561
+#: src/Module/Admin/Site.php:564
 msgid ""
 "Enable built-in mail support to poll IMAP folders and to reply via mail."
 msgstr ""
 
-#: src/Module/Admin/Site.php:562
+#: src/Module/Admin/Site.php:565
 msgid ""
 "Mail support can't be enabled because the PHP IMAP module is not installed."
 msgstr ""
 
-#: src/Module/Admin/Site.php:563
+#: src/Module/Admin/Site.php:566
 msgid "Enable OStatus support"
 msgstr ""
 
-#: src/Module/Admin/Site.php:563
+#: src/Module/Admin/Site.php:566
 msgid ""
 "Enable built-in OStatus (StatusNet, GNU Social etc.) compatibility. All "
 "communications in OStatus are public."
 msgstr ""
 
-#: src/Module/Admin/Site.php:565
+#: src/Module/Admin/Site.php:568
 msgid ""
 "Diaspora support can't be enabled because Friendica was installed into a sub "
 "directory."
 msgstr ""
 
-#: src/Module/Admin/Site.php:566
+#: src/Module/Admin/Site.php:569
 msgid "Enable Diaspora support"
 msgstr ""
 
-#: src/Module/Admin/Site.php:566
+#: src/Module/Admin/Site.php:569
 msgid ""
 "Enable built-in Diaspora network compatibility for communicating with "
 "diaspora servers."
 msgstr ""
 
-#: src/Module/Admin/Site.php:567
+#: src/Module/Admin/Site.php:570
 msgid "Verify SSL"
 msgstr ""
 
-#: src/Module/Admin/Site.php:567
+#: src/Module/Admin/Site.php:570
 msgid ""
 "If you wish, you can turn on strict certificate checking. This will mean you "
 "cannot connect (at all) to self-signed SSL sites."
 msgstr ""
 
-#: src/Module/Admin/Site.php:568
+#: src/Module/Admin/Site.php:571
 msgid "Proxy user"
 msgstr ""
 
-#: src/Module/Admin/Site.php:569
+#: src/Module/Admin/Site.php:572
 msgid "Proxy URL"
 msgstr ""
 
-#: src/Module/Admin/Site.php:570
+#: src/Module/Admin/Site.php:573
 msgid "Network timeout"
 msgstr ""
 
-#: src/Module/Admin/Site.php:570
+#: src/Module/Admin/Site.php:573
 msgid "Value is in seconds. Set to 0 for unlimited (not recommended)."
 msgstr ""
 
-#: src/Module/Admin/Site.php:571
+#: src/Module/Admin/Site.php:574
 msgid "Maximum Load Average"
 msgstr ""
 
-#: src/Module/Admin/Site.php:571
+#: src/Module/Admin/Site.php:574
 #, php-format
 msgid ""
 "Maximum system load before delivery and poll processes are deferred - "
 "default %d."
 msgstr ""
 
-#: src/Module/Admin/Site.php:572
+#: src/Module/Admin/Site.php:575
 msgid "Maximum Load Average (Frontend)"
 msgstr ""
 
-#: src/Module/Admin/Site.php:572
+#: src/Module/Admin/Site.php:575
 msgid "Maximum system load before the frontend quits service - default 50."
 msgstr ""
 
-#: src/Module/Admin/Site.php:573
+#: src/Module/Admin/Site.php:576
 msgid "Minimal Memory"
 msgstr ""
 
-#: src/Module/Admin/Site.php:573
+#: src/Module/Admin/Site.php:576
 msgid ""
 "Minimal free memory in MB for the worker. Needs access to /proc/meminfo - "
 "default 0 (deactivated)."
 msgstr ""
 
-#: src/Module/Admin/Site.php:574
+#: src/Module/Admin/Site.php:577
 msgid "Periodically optimize tables"
 msgstr ""
 
-#: src/Module/Admin/Site.php:574
+#: src/Module/Admin/Site.php:577
 msgid "Periodically optimize tables like the cache and the workerqueue"
 msgstr ""
 
-#: src/Module/Admin/Site.php:576
+#: src/Module/Admin/Site.php:579
 msgid "Discover followers/followings from contacts"
 msgstr ""
 
-#: src/Module/Admin/Site.php:576
+#: src/Module/Admin/Site.php:579
 msgid ""
 "If enabled, contacts are checked for their followers and following contacts."
 msgstr ""
 
-#: src/Module/Admin/Site.php:577
+#: src/Module/Admin/Site.php:580
 msgid "None - deactivated"
 msgstr ""
 
-#: src/Module/Admin/Site.php:578
+#: src/Module/Admin/Site.php:581
 msgid ""
 "Local contacts - contacts of our local contacts are discovered for their "
 "followers/followings."
 msgstr ""
 
-#: src/Module/Admin/Site.php:579
+#: src/Module/Admin/Site.php:582
 msgid ""
 "Interactors - contacts of our local contacts and contacts who interacted on "
 "locally visible postings are discovered for their followers/followings."
 msgstr ""
 
-#: src/Module/Admin/Site.php:581
+#: src/Module/Admin/Site.php:584
 msgid "Synchronize the contacts with the directory server"
 msgstr ""
 
-#: src/Module/Admin/Site.php:581
+#: src/Module/Admin/Site.php:584
 msgid ""
 "if enabled, the system will check periodically for new contacts on the "
 "defined directory server."
 msgstr ""
 
-#: src/Module/Admin/Site.php:583
+#: src/Module/Admin/Site.php:586
 msgid "Days between requery"
 msgstr ""
 
-#: src/Module/Admin/Site.php:583
+#: src/Module/Admin/Site.php:586
 msgid "Number of days after which a server is requeried for his contacts."
 msgstr ""
 
-#: src/Module/Admin/Site.php:584
+#: src/Module/Admin/Site.php:587
 msgid "Discover contacts from other servers"
 msgstr ""
 
-#: src/Module/Admin/Site.php:584
+#: src/Module/Admin/Site.php:587
 msgid ""
 "Periodically query other servers for contacts. The system queries Friendica, "
 "Mastodon and Hubzilla servers."
 msgstr ""
 
-#: src/Module/Admin/Site.php:585
+#: src/Module/Admin/Site.php:588
 msgid "Search the local directory"
 msgstr ""
 
-#: src/Module/Admin/Site.php:585
+#: src/Module/Admin/Site.php:588
 msgid ""
 "Search the local directory instead of the global directory. When searching "
 "locally, every search will be executed on the global directory in the "
 "background. This improves the search results when the search is repeated."
 msgstr ""
 
-#: src/Module/Admin/Site.php:587
+#: src/Module/Admin/Site.php:590
 msgid "Publish server information"
 msgstr ""
 
-#: src/Module/Admin/Site.php:587
+#: src/Module/Admin/Site.php:590
 msgid ""
 "If enabled, general server and usage data will be published. The data "
 "contains the name and version of the server, number of users with public "
@@ -6305,50 +6315,50 @@ msgid ""
 "href=\"http://the-federation.info/\">the-federation.info</a> for details."
 msgstr ""
 
-#: src/Module/Admin/Site.php:589
+#: src/Module/Admin/Site.php:592
 msgid "Check upstream version"
 msgstr ""
 
-#: src/Module/Admin/Site.php:589
+#: src/Module/Admin/Site.php:592
 msgid ""
 "Enables checking for new Friendica versions at github. If there is a new "
 "version, you will be informed in the admin panel overview."
 msgstr ""
 
-#: src/Module/Admin/Site.php:590
+#: src/Module/Admin/Site.php:593
 msgid "Suppress Tags"
 msgstr ""
 
-#: src/Module/Admin/Site.php:590
+#: src/Module/Admin/Site.php:593
 msgid "Suppress showing a list of hashtags at the end of the posting."
 msgstr ""
 
-#: src/Module/Admin/Site.php:591
+#: src/Module/Admin/Site.php:594
 msgid "Clean database"
 msgstr ""
 
-#: src/Module/Admin/Site.php:591
+#: src/Module/Admin/Site.php:594
 msgid ""
 "Remove old remote items, orphaned database records and old content from some "
 "other helper tables."
 msgstr ""
 
-#: src/Module/Admin/Site.php:592
+#: src/Module/Admin/Site.php:595
 msgid "Lifespan of remote items"
 msgstr ""
 
-#: src/Module/Admin/Site.php:592
+#: src/Module/Admin/Site.php:595
 msgid ""
 "When the database cleanup is enabled, this defines the days after which "
 "remote items will be deleted. Own items, and marked or filed items are "
 "always kept. 0 disables this behaviour."
 msgstr ""
 
-#: src/Module/Admin/Site.php:593
+#: src/Module/Admin/Site.php:596
 msgid "Lifespan of unclaimed items"
 msgstr ""
 
-#: src/Module/Admin/Site.php:593
+#: src/Module/Admin/Site.php:596
 msgid ""
 "When the database cleanup is enabled, this defines the days after which "
 "unclaimed remote items (mostly content from the relay) will be deleted. "
@@ -6356,144 +6366,144 @@ msgid ""
 "items if set to 0."
 msgstr ""
 
-#: src/Module/Admin/Site.php:594
+#: src/Module/Admin/Site.php:597
 msgid "Lifespan of raw conversation data"
 msgstr ""
 
-#: src/Module/Admin/Site.php:594
+#: src/Module/Admin/Site.php:597
 msgid ""
 "The conversation data is used for ActivityPub and OStatus, as well as for "
 "debug purposes. It should be safe to remove it after 14 days, default is 90 "
 "days."
 msgstr ""
 
-#: src/Module/Admin/Site.php:595
+#: src/Module/Admin/Site.php:598
 msgid "Maximum numbers of comments per post"
 msgstr ""
 
-#: src/Module/Admin/Site.php:595
+#: src/Module/Admin/Site.php:598
 msgid "How much comments should be shown for each post? Default value is 100."
 msgstr ""
 
-#: src/Module/Admin/Site.php:596
+#: src/Module/Admin/Site.php:599
 msgid "Maximum numbers of comments per post on the display page"
 msgstr ""
 
-#: src/Module/Admin/Site.php:596
+#: src/Module/Admin/Site.php:599
 msgid ""
 "How many comments should be shown on the single view for each post? Default "
 "value is 1000."
 msgstr ""
 
-#: src/Module/Admin/Site.php:597
+#: src/Module/Admin/Site.php:600
 msgid "Temp path"
 msgstr ""
 
-#: src/Module/Admin/Site.php:597
+#: src/Module/Admin/Site.php:600
 msgid ""
 "If you have a restricted system where the webserver can't access the system "
 "temp path, enter another path here."
 msgstr ""
 
-#: src/Module/Admin/Site.php:598
+#: src/Module/Admin/Site.php:601
 msgid "Only search in tags"
 msgstr ""
 
-#: src/Module/Admin/Site.php:598
+#: src/Module/Admin/Site.php:601
 msgid "On large systems the text search can slow down the system extremely."
 msgstr ""
 
-#: src/Module/Admin/Site.php:600
+#: src/Module/Admin/Site.php:603
 msgid "New base url"
 msgstr ""
 
-#: src/Module/Admin/Site.php:600
+#: src/Module/Admin/Site.php:603
 msgid ""
 "Change base url for this server. Sends relocate message to all Friendica and "
 "Diaspora* contacts of all users."
 msgstr ""
 
-#: src/Module/Admin/Site.php:602
+#: src/Module/Admin/Site.php:605
 msgid "Maximum number of parallel workers"
 msgstr ""
 
-#: src/Module/Admin/Site.php:602
+#: src/Module/Admin/Site.php:605
 #, php-format
 msgid ""
 "On shared hosters set this to %d. On larger systems, values of %d are great. "
 "Default value is %d."
 msgstr ""
 
-#: src/Module/Admin/Site.php:603
+#: src/Module/Admin/Site.php:606
 msgid "Enable fastlane"
 msgstr ""
 
-#: src/Module/Admin/Site.php:603
+#: src/Module/Admin/Site.php:606
 msgid ""
 "When enabed, the fastlane mechanism starts an additional worker if processes "
 "with higher priority are blocked by processes of lower priority."
 msgstr ""
 
-#: src/Module/Admin/Site.php:605
+#: src/Module/Admin/Site.php:608
 msgid "Direct relay transfer"
 msgstr ""
 
-#: src/Module/Admin/Site.php:605
+#: src/Module/Admin/Site.php:608
 msgid ""
 "Enables the direct transfer to other servers without using the relay servers"
 msgstr ""
 
-#: src/Module/Admin/Site.php:606
+#: src/Module/Admin/Site.php:609
 msgid "Relay scope"
 msgstr ""
 
-#: src/Module/Admin/Site.php:606
+#: src/Module/Admin/Site.php:609
 msgid ""
 "Can be \"all\" or \"tags\". \"all\" means that every public post should be "
 "received. \"tags\" means that only posts with selected tags should be "
 "received."
 msgstr ""
 
-#: src/Module/Admin/Site.php:606 src/Module/Contact.php:516
+#: src/Module/Admin/Site.php:609 src/Module/Contact.php:516
 #: src/Module/Settings/TwoFactor/Index.php:118
 msgid "Disabled"
 msgstr ""
 
-#: src/Module/Admin/Site.php:606
+#: src/Module/Admin/Site.php:609
 msgid "all"
 msgstr ""
 
-#: src/Module/Admin/Site.php:606
+#: src/Module/Admin/Site.php:609
 msgid "tags"
 msgstr ""
 
-#: src/Module/Admin/Site.php:607
+#: src/Module/Admin/Site.php:610
 msgid "Server tags"
 msgstr ""
 
-#: src/Module/Admin/Site.php:607
+#: src/Module/Admin/Site.php:610
 msgid "Comma separated list of tags for the \"tags\" subscription."
 msgstr ""
 
-#: src/Module/Admin/Site.php:608
+#: src/Module/Admin/Site.php:611
 msgid "Deny Server tags"
 msgstr ""
 
-#: src/Module/Admin/Site.php:608
+#: src/Module/Admin/Site.php:611
 msgid "Comma separated list of tags that are rejected."
 msgstr ""
 
-#: src/Module/Admin/Site.php:609
+#: src/Module/Admin/Site.php:612
 msgid "Allow user tags"
 msgstr ""
 
-#: src/Module/Admin/Site.php:609
+#: src/Module/Admin/Site.php:612
 msgid ""
 "If enabled, the tags from the saved searches will used for the \"tags\" "
 "subscription in addition to the \"relay_server_tags\"."
 msgstr ""
 
-#: src/Module/Admin/Site.php:612
+#: src/Module/Admin/Site.php:615
 msgid "Start Relocation"
 msgstr ""
 
diff --git a/view/templates/admin/site.tpl b/view/templates/admin/site.tpl
index 2b181ce18a..72fba2b804 100644
--- a/view/templates/admin/site.tpl
+++ b/view/templates/admin/site.tpl
@@ -83,6 +83,7 @@
 		{{include file="field_checkbox.tpl" field=$disable_embedded}}
 		{{include file="field_checkbox.tpl" field=$allow_users_remote_self}}
 		{{include file="field_checkbox.tpl" field=$explicit_content}}
+		{{include file="field_checkbox.tpl" field=$proxify_content}}
 		<div class="submit"><input type="submit" name="page_site" value="{{$submit}}"/></div>
 
 		<h2>{{$advanced}}</h2>
diff --git a/view/theme/frio/templates/admin/site.tpl b/view/theme/frio/templates/admin/site.tpl
index 18d702a339..f043ea8edf 100644
--- a/view/theme/frio/templates/admin/site.tpl
+++ b/view/theme/frio/templates/admin/site.tpl
@@ -164,6 +164,7 @@
 						{{include file="field_checkbox.tpl" field=$disable_embedded}}
 						{{include file="field_checkbox.tpl" field=$allow_users_remote_self}}
 						{{include file="field_checkbox.tpl" field=$explicit_content}}
+						{{include file="field_checkbox.tpl" field=$proxify_content}}
 					</div>
 					<div class="panel-footer">
 						<input type="submit" name="page_site" class="btn btn-primary" value="{{$submit}}"/>