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Facebook announced on Tuesday it would be showing adblocker-proof ads. By Thursday, Adblock Plus found a workaround, but Facebook says regular non-ad posts are also being removed, and is “planning to address the issue.” —SW
Wang, Shan. "Adblock Plus has already defeated Facebook’s new ad blocking restrictions." Nieman Journalism Lab. Nieman Foundation for Journalism at Harvard, 11 Aug. 2016. Web. 26 Mar. 2025.
APA
Wang, S. (2016, Aug. 11). Adblock Plus has already defeated Facebook’s new ad blocking restrictions. Nieman Journalism Lab. Retrieved March 26, 2025, from https://www.niemanlab.org/reading/adblock-plus-has-already-defeated-facebooks-new-ad-blocking-restrictions/
Chicago
Wang, Shan. "Adblock Plus has already defeated Facebook’s new ad blocking restrictions." Nieman Journalism Lab. Last modified August 11, 2016. Accessed March 26, 2025. https://www.niemanlab.org/reading/adblock-plus-has-already-defeated-facebooks-new-ad-blocking-restrictions/.
Wikipedia
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