Reply To: If no restrictions, user sees everything

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I ended up with

function filter_users_for_no_community($null,$object_id,$meta_key,$single){
  global $wpdb;
  $theMeta = $wpdb->prefix . 'ure_categories_list';
  if($theMeta === $meta_key){
    remove_filter( 'get_user_metadata', 'filter_users_for_no_community', 10 , 4 );
    $cats = get_user_meta($object_id,$meta_key,$single);
    add_filter( 'get_user_metadata', 'filter_users_for_no_community', 10 , 4 );
    if(!$cats){
      $value = '99999999';	
    }
  }
  return $value;
}

add_filter( 'get_user_metadata', 'filter_users_for_no_community', 10 , 4 );

thanks for your help