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Omar Oakes
Aug 10, 2016

Facebook to make desktop ad-blockers ineffective

Facebook has taken the step of rendering ad-blockers ineffective on its desktop website by making them "indistinguishable" from non-commercial content, as well as giving users more control over which ads they see.

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