Google YouTube’s crackdown on ad blockers has just ramped up further, with the streaming platform introducing new measures to stop users from using the privacy-preserving technology on its site.

If you’re running video ads on YouTube, you know there are a lot of factors to consider. But one of the most crucial elements is often overlooked: where your ads actually show up. This article ...

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 ...

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 ...

The internet has become absolutely overrun by ads, as they are one of the most direct ways to generate revenue from a wide range of content. This is especially true on YouTube, where just about anyone ...

The YouTube ad blocker cat-and-mouse game between Google and ad blockers continues with a new episode that might deliver a big win to Google. The company has been trying to ban ad blocker extensions ...

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 ...

Posts from this topic will be added to your daily email digest and your homepage feed. YouTube has confirmed that it has ‘launched a global effort’ to crack down on ad blockers. YouTube has confirmed ...

Some YouTube viewers with ad-blocking extensions are now seeing black screens for a few seconds before a video plays. These black screens could be ads that haven’t ...

A hot potato: It appears that YouTube is once again trying to convince users of ad blockers to switch off the software by degrading their viewing experience on the platform. The latest punishment ...