Around the Net

Mobile Carriers Shouldn't Get Into The Ad-Blocking Business

  • Slate, Monday, June 13, 2016 8:48 AM
At Slate, Dan Gillmor says he's a "big believer" in ad blocking, but he's wary of telecommunications providers offering to block ads on consumers' behalf. "That’s where we may be heading if a U.K.–based mobile operator, Three, pulls off an 'experiment' it’s conducting next week. For customers who opt in to the program, Three will attempt to block all advertising for a day. Three, one of the companies in Hong Kong mega-billionaire Li Ka-Shing’s sprawling empire, is touting this as a consumer-friendly initiative and in one respect there’s truth in that. The surge of ad and tracking blockers is testament to the way the advertising industry and its media partners have polluted our Internet access with unwanted ads and, worse, grossly invasive tracking systems that, at best, border on spyware. On mobile, where carriers have grossly restrictive data caps, the problem is even worse."

Read the whole story at Slate »

1 comment about "Mobile Carriers Shouldn't Get Into The Ad-Blocking Business".
Check to receive email when comments are posted.
  1. Leonard Zachary from T___n__, June 14, 2016 at 4:19 p.m.

    The wireless carrier customer has the right to opt-out and further request their wireless carrier to ad block.

    This is customer first and should be their right.

Next story loading loading..