If you go down to YouTube today you're in for a big surprise – or at least, you are if you're using an ad blocker. What began as a test of anti-blocking measures has now become an official "global ...

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.

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 ...

Step away from that uBlock button, bucko-YouTube just slammed the door on its last big ad-blocker loophole, and the internet is having a collective “skip ad” meltdown. YouTube’s war on ad blockers ...

What’s happened? Around midnight today, reports spiked on Downdetector suggesting YouTube might be down, but by 6:00 AM, the number of reports surged into the thousands. The twist? YouTube wasn’t ...

The latest installment of the YouTube against ad blockers saga has brought a new twist. Some users have noticed that accessing YouTube with certain ad blockers ...

Data shows Google’s attempts to force people to watch YouTube ads are having an effect on user behavior. 22% of users surveyed said the crackdown is more likely to make them use an ad-blocker. 16% of ...

YouTube ads have gotten way out of hand in recent years, but despite that, ads are still necessary to handle the costs of running the world’s largest video platform, and paying the millions of ...

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 ...

The best part about one company revolutionizing video-sharing on the internet is that it gets the say in how awful that experience can be. After beginning to roll out a healthy nudge to turn off ad ...

YouTube is running a new experiment to limit usage on ad blockers by asking users to turn it off or buy a premium subscription after three videos. Users on Reddit posted screenshots of the streaming ...

It may not be your imagination — YouTube might be slowing down your videos if you use an ad-blocker. PCWorld spotted new rumors floating online on Reddit and elsewhere that folks using ad-blockers are ...