City A.M. Employs Micropayments in the Fight Against Ad Blocking

Posted Thursday, March 1, 2018 3:30 pm

Caroline Scott | journalism.co.uk

Google's built-in ad blocker went live on 15 February, preventing intrusive or spammy advisements such as full-page ads, flashing ads and those that autoplay with sound and video, from appearing in front of audiences using the Chrome browser.

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