NEW YORK — Internet users who install ad-blocking software to escape annoying advertisements may actually be seeing more problematic content than people who browse without any protection at all.

WASHINGTON (AP) -- Capturing the immigration debate in political ads this campaign season -- without upsetting Hispanic voters -- is proving tricky for candidates. An ad criticizing Stephen Laffey, ...

Ad blockers, the digital shields that nearly one billion internet users deploy to protect themselves from intrusive advertising, may be inadvertently exposing their users to more problematic content, ...

Reports of sexually explicit ads appearing on YouTube have gone up significantly, with users getting increasingly concerned about the platform’s content moderation efforts. A new incident shared on ...

SAN FRANCISCO — The test couldn't have been much easier — and Facebook still failed. Facebook and its parent company Meta flopped once again in a test of how well they could detect obviously violent ...

As it gears up to launch Chrome's built-in ad blocker tomorrow, Google today shared some details about how the new feature will work. First announced in June, the new feature will remove only the most ...

It doesn't matter if I’m trying to read tweets or a blog; intrusive, irrelevant ads that kill the experience, waste my time and cause distractions are a constant pain. I’ve tried ad blockers, ...

The amount of advertising spend wasted on ineffective placements extends beyond spammy made-for-advertising (MFA) websites, according to new research from carbon emissions startup Scope3. The company ...

Meta used an internal playbook to delay enforcement action on scam ads worldwide, internal documents that Reuters accessed ...

As Public Service Enterprise Group works to obtain state approval for the Maryland Piedmont Reliability Project, a new website has popped up advocating for more transmission lines. The website "Energy ...