My own investigation clearly shows Dnsmasq changed at some time later than this version shown below.
This router runs on Firmware 3004.388.8_4 and unblocks smetrics.foxnews.com when added to the allowlist.
Code:
thisuser@RT-AX56U:/tmp/home/root# dnsmasq --version
Dnsmasq version 2.90 Copyright (c) 2000-2024 Simon Kelley
Compile time options: IPv6 GNU-getopt no-RTC no-DBus no-UBus no-i18n no-IDN DHCP DHCPv6 no-Lua TFTP
While this router on FW 3006.102.7_2 does no longer merit the allowlist:
Code:
thisuser@GT-AX6000:/tmp/home/root# dnsmasq --version
Dnsmasq version 2.93-test2 Copyright (c) 2000-2025 Simon Kelley
Compile time options: IPv6 GNU-getopt no-RTC no-DBus no-UBus no-i18n no-IDN DHCP DHCPv6 no-Lua TFTP no-conntrack ipset no-nftset no-auth DNSSEC no-ID loop-detect no-inotify no-dumpfile