Adblock Plus is the world's most popular free advert blocker with more than 10 million users. It has extensions that run in all the major web browsers including Chrome, Edge, Firefox, Opera and Safari ...

In 2006, Adblock Plus 0.6 was released as a browser extension that promised to keep users’ Web experience uncluttered and advertising-free. As the Internet became overrun with auto-play videos, ...

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Prepare to have your mind blown: This weekend, the creator of the popular AdBlock software—which kills the ads you’d normally see while trawling the Web—launched a crowdfunding campaign to pay for ads ...

Eyeo, the parent company of Adblock Plus–an ad-blocking tool that removes pesky banner ads, pop-ups, and video advertising and is available today for iOS devices–has opted to allow an external board ...

Adblock Plus has pledged greater transparency for its users and has made a start by revealing how the company generates the revenue required to keep going. It turns out that licensing is key for the ...

Whatever your views are on online advertising, it's here to stay. But that doesn't mean that companies aren't doing all they can to strip the web of ads on your behalf. Perhaps the most notable is ...

The use of software that blocks ads on websites is on a rapid rise. According to a study last year by PageFair and Adobe, some 144 million people used the software monthly, up almost 70% from the year ...

A new manifesto from an ad-blocking company Eyeo tries to build support for the idea that some ads are OK. That's good for its business, since big advertisers pay to get on its whitelist. Stephen ...

Controversial ad-blocking software company Adblock Plus recently unveiled a platform that aims to make it easier for publishers to use pre-approved, nonblocked ads. But while some in the industry ...

AdBlock software will mark the day by showing ads from privacy advocates. — -- AdBlock, the browser extension that is known for blocking annoying advertisements, is taking an ironic approach to ...