Can I block social share buttons with Privoxy?

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A great many pages have these "Like", "Tweet", "G+1", "share" row of buttons all over the place and in each post in threads. Can I block these unwanted context with Privoxy?

I am already using Privoxy and it blocks a lot of unwanted content, but still these "social" buttons are all over the place.

I want to completely remove these buttons specifically by using Privoxy. I know that it is possible to block using AdBlock LITE and other software, but my question is specific to Privoxy (reason, I want one point to block all unwanted content and it needs to work on devices / softwares which do not have AdBlock LITE, therefore I use Privoxy).

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Software used: Privoxy 3.0.21 under Windows XP

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