YouTube and Google have been busy these past few months. Google is in the process of decimating as many small publishers as it can with its March Core Update, while stealing their content. And YouTube ...

YouTube's war with ad blockers is far from over, and it's focusing on tools that enable ad-free viewing on mobile this time. The Google-owned video platform has ...

Users watching YouTube videos through an ad blocking app could encounter performance issues or an error message. Users watching YouTube videos through an ad blocking ...

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YouTube began its fight against ad-blockers late last year and the company has now begun targeting third-party ad-blocker apps. Initially, the pushback was focused more on actual ad-blockers that were ...

In context: Google began ramping up its crackdown on ad blockers last year when it started restricting YouTube video playback for people using ad-blocking software. The company is now expanding that ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Kate O’Flaherty is a cybersecurity and privacy journalist. Google’s YouTube is ramping up its crackdown on privacy-preserving ad ...

YouTube is putting third-party ad-blocking apps on notice. An ominous post on the official YouTube Community Help forum titled “Enforcement on Third Party Apps” says the company is “strengthening our ...

Following the ad blocker crackdown, YouTube is explicitly going after third-party — often mobile — apps that let viewers skip advertising. YouTube announced today that it is “strengthening our ...

Jake Peterson is Lifehacker’s Tech Editor, and has been covering tech news and how-tos for nearly a decade. His team covers all things technology, including AI, smartphones, computers, game consoles, ...