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UK Culture Secretary is somewhat misguided in his condemnation of Ad Blockers

04 March 20161:20 PM  Stefan KarlssonStefan Karlsson
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A recent article in the Guardian quotes UK Culture Secretary John Whittingdale calling out adblocking companies as a ’modern-day protection racket’. By this he is having a go at their ’whitelisting’ services where many of the ad blocking services take payment for whitelisting particular providers - these though can still be screened out by end-users. He cites that ad blockers are putting news delivery services, as well as the music industry in mortal peril and must be ...

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