diff --git a/Userland/Libraries/LibWeb/Loader/ContentFilter.cpp b/Userland/Libraries/LibWeb/Loader/ContentFilter.cpp
index 5a33e09e24..5d1e1777fe 100644
--- a/Userland/Libraries/LibWeb/Loader/ContentFilter.cpp
+++ b/Userland/Libraries/LibWeb/Loader/ContentFilter.cpp
@@ -25,6 +25,9 @@ ContentFilter::~ContentFilter()
 
 bool ContentFilter::is_filtered(const AK::URL& url) const
 {
+    if (url.protocol() == "data")
+        return false;
+
     auto url_string = url.to_string();
 
     for (auto& pattern : m_patterns) {