NEW YORK — Internet users who install ad-blocking software to escape annoying advertisements may actually be seeing more problematic content than people who browse without any protection at all.

YouTube is cracking down on the use of ad blockers on its site, with the Google-owned streaming service warning people to disable the privacy-preserving tools. YouTube is cracking down on the use of ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Kate O’Flaherty is a cybersecurity and privacy journalist. This article is more than 2 years old. YouTube is ramping up its ad ...

Adblock and Adblock Plus users report performance issues on YouTube, initially blamed on Google but later determined to be an issue in the popular ad-blocking extension. Adblock and Adblock Plus are ...

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Meet the world's most advanced ad blocker! AdGuard is a unique program that has all the necessary features for the best web experience. The software combines the world's most advanced ad blocker, a ...

Inevitably, whenever there is a discussion on the internet about how YouTube (or any other website) is choked with ads, someone will say, "Just use an ad blocker." The name seems to say it all. An ad ...

Google has confirmed that the latest YouTube slowdown has nothing to do with ad blockers. The problem seemed to stem from the previous AdBlock and AdBlock Plus updates. Both ad blockers have now ...