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 ...

To fix the “Ad blockers are not allowed on YouTube” issue in Brave, disable Shields for YouTube by clicking the Brave icon in the address bar and toggle it off ...

One of the internet’s simple pleasures is watching YouTube with an ad blocker. You can watch as many videos as you want without constant interruptions from obnoxious, occasionally unskippable ...

YouTube recently took dramatic action against anyone visiting its site with an ad blocker running — after a few pieces of content, it'll simply stop serving you videos. If you want to get past the ...

Update: October 31, 2023 (11:26 PM ET): After our original report about an increasing number of users being unable to use ad blockers on YouTube, the platform has confirmed to The Verge that it has ...

When you use an ad blocker, encountering an "ad-block wall" or a pop-up asking you to disable it for access is common. While opinions on these ad-block walls vary — some implementations being more ...

In early October, the people who make ad blocking tools convened in Amsterdam for their industry’s annual conference. One session was a welcome pitch from Google product leaders about tweaks made to ...