A user on Reddit has recently encountered an hour-long unskippable ad on YouTube. The issue could be attributed to an ad blocker, which Google is proactively cracking down on. Google issued a ...

YouTube must improve ad moderation due to increasing user discomfort with explicit and fake ads. A child was exposed to a sexually explicit ad on YouTube, causing an uncomfortable situation for ...

One initial attempt to at least reduce ads was to subtly send YouTube traffic through a VPN ... the incoming advertising data with a few bad bytes so they aren’t able to be displayed on any ...

YouTube plans to change the way mid-roll ads appear in videos. Starting May 12, the company said it will automate ad placement to improve the viewer experience. The update could boost creator ...

Where other ad-supported on-demand music services have failed or been driven under by lawsuits, free music thrives on YouTube, in part because it can offset licensing costs with lucrative video ...