Facebook deployed a behind‑the‑scenes change on Tuesday that stripped the HTML markers that identify sponsored posts. The result was ads that blended into the News Feed, looking like ordinary updates. Users reported a…

uBlock Origin’s maintainers announced that the new format was “so hard to block that we stopped filtering them.” The statement appeared on Hacker News, where the post earned 119 points and sparked 102 comments. The bl…

The move was a gamble. Facebook’s revenue model depends on impressions, and the company claimed the change gave users “more control” over what they see. In practice, it forced a large segment of the browser‑extension …

Within 48 hours the open‑source ad‑blocking community released an update that restored protection. AdBlock Plus pushed a new filter to Easylist, the shared list that powers uBlock, AdGuard, and dozens of other extensi…