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 ...

When you visit a website, you often find yourself waiting and waiting for advertisements to load. Video starts playing automatically, and animated ads jump in front of what you were there to see. The ...

YouTube’s decision to enforce its rules against ad-blocking extensions has led to a surge in users reporting issues with the platform. The problem isn’t limited ...

YouTube has clarified and confirmed that users who continue using ad blockers may experience “suboptimal viewing,” regardless of their browser. This statement ...

Users of the YouTube mobile app and website have reported serious issues this week. Some users had earlier reported that the interface buttons are disappearing from the Shorts player. And now, desktop ...

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YouTube is enforcing its terms of service to prevent third-party apps from blocking ads. Users of mobile ad-blocking apps may see error messages or experience ...

Most people run anti-virus programs on their computers, but protecting r mobile devices does not always cross the mind of everyone. If you are able to prevent pop-up ads and malware on your phone, why ...

Ad blockers have been around almost as long as ads themselves. There is no question that they are annoying. Just like most other websites, we use ads here and we’re not fans of them either. But there ...

Hackers and malicious viruses are very much a concern when you’re on the web, but the biggest threats to your productivity and your privacy come from everyday internet hazards. AdGuard — an ad blocker ...

In order to combat YouTube's move, SponsorBlock has implemented a block on all user submissions from browsers that are experiencing this YouTube experiment. However ...

I don’t know much about you, dear reader, but I can probably guess one thing: you don’t like watching advertisements (shut up, ad lovers; no one’s talking to you). If you’re one of the many, many ...