As Google continues to ramp up pressure on ad blocking methods like browser extensions and VPNs, the cat-and-mouse game between the blockers and Mountain View has grown in breadth and complexity.

Sometimes ads on social media are shockingly relevant. Other times, they’re not even close. The ad might show an item you recently searched for, like an indoor plant trellis. Alternatively, you might ...

YouTube is cracking down on ad blockers, but don't pull your hair out when commercials interrupt your videos. There are ways to jump right to the content you want.

There's nothing more annoying than seeing ads all over the web page you're reading. Not only are they irrelevant to the content of the page, but they're also intrusive and sometimes get in the way of ...

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 ...

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 ...

Post updated on 6/14 to add a comment from Google confirming the reports about experimentation with alternative ad injection methods. YouTube reportedly now injects ads directly into video streams to ...