In 2006, Adblock Plus 0.6 was released as a browser extension that promised to keep users’ Web experience uncluttered and advertising-free. As the Internet became overrun with auto-play videos, ...

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It’s strikingly clear that as marketers have gone digital, consumers have turned to ad blocking tools. At the latest count, 18% of British adults are users ad-blocking software, according to ...

Adblock Plus is the world's most popular free advert blocker with more than 10 million users. It has extensions that run in all the major web browsers including Chrome, Edge, Firefox, Opera and Safari ...

YouTube users claimed that the platform is changing its tactics against adblockers by removing the comments.

Eyeo, the parent company of Adblock Plus–an ad-blocking tool that removes pesky banner ads, pop-ups, and video advertising and is available today for iOS devices–has opted to allow an external board ...

Prepare to have your mind blown: This weekend, the creator of the popular AdBlock software—which kills the ads you’d normally see while trawling the Web—launched a crowdfunding campaign to pay for ads ...

Whatever your views are on online advertising, it's here to stay. But that doesn't mean that companies aren't doing all they can to strip the web of ads on your behalf. Perhaps the most notable is ...

Controversial ad-blocking software company Adblock Plus recently unveiled a platform that aims to make it easier for publishers to use pre-approved, nonblocked ads. But while some in the industry ...

AdBlock software will mark the day by showing ads from privacy advocates. — -- AdBlock, the browser extension that is known for blocking annoying advertisements, is taking an ironic approach to ...

Adblock, the popular extension for Chrome and Safari, has announced via a pop-up to users that it has been sold — but doesn't mention a price or a buyer. The company was previously privately owned by ...