Safari developers come up with new ways to fight advertising
Developers working on the WebKit engine, which is at the heart of Apple's Safari Browser, are looking at ways to limit the amount of JavaScript that can be loaded by a website. It is a new and unique way to take on websites that load too many or too intrusive advertisements.
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Google Chrome blocks all ads from sites that mislead users
In the fight against irritating and misleading advertisements, Google has made a rigorous decision. As of December, Chrome will block all advertisements on websites that try to mislead users into clicking on an advertisement. Site administrators are first given a warning and thirty days to change th... Read more
“Facebook exaggerated viewing time ads by up to 900 percent.
Facebook is being sued by advertisers. The company is said to have increased the ratings of advertisements by more than 900 percent. At the same time, CEO Mark Zuckerberg's social network knew for more than a year that the figures were not correct, but did not announce it.
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Developer Brave-browser: Google and other adtech companies violate GDPR
The team behind the Brave-browser has filed a complaint about Google with the authorities in Ireland and the United Kingdom. The company would have violated the new privacy rules in force since the introduction of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). Other ad tech companies are said to hav... Read more