YouTube is running an experiment asking some users to disable their ad blockers or pay for a premium subscription, or they will not be allowed to watch videos. As first spotted by a Reddit user this ...

YouTube is no longer letting viewers use ad-blocking software on its site. As part of what it calls a global effort, the video platform is making it impossible for users to block advertising. The ...

Rachael Power writes for TechForge Media, writing about marketing tech, connected cars and virtual reality. She has written for a number of online and print titles including the Irish Times, Irish ...

A hot potato: YouTube is once again conducting an experiment that targets anyone using an ad blocker. Like before, users are warned that they should turn off their blocking software. This time, ...

But ad blocking didn’t go away. It’s actually become a more baseline feature for web browsing. The new Safari version includes a tool called Web Eraser, which isn’t exactly an ad blocker, but lets ...

Last year, German publisher Axel Springer counter blocked ad blockers from its news website, Bild. Through the use of the anti-ad blocker, the news outlet forbids people from gaining access to their ...