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However, while celebrity deepfakes are a clear violation of YouTube's ad policies (and federal law), the rules governing AI-generated actors and ads in general are far less clear. AI video isn't going ...

Key findings include: 64% find ads intrusive and annoying. 54% say ads are disruptive. 39% report security and malware concerns caused by ads. 36% note that ads impact load time and bandwidth usage.

Update: After publication, a WhatsApp representative reached out to clarify that the EU timeline for this ad rollout was never officially scheduled for 2025. While this specific information wasn ...

YouTube Ads: From Annoyance to Obligation YouTube has always relied on ads to support its massive content ecosystem. However, in recent years, many users have complained that the number and length of ...

YouTube YouTube slows down videos for ad blockers, prepares more 30-second unskippable ads Ben Schoon | Jun 18 2025 - 12:15 pm PT 11 Comments ...

In 2024, YouTube ads earned the company $36B and the site appears to be aiming to eclipse that total in 2025 with the Google-owned platform testing even longer unskippable ads and using AI to ...

MyTube Google has quietly increased its level of aggression toward ad-blocker users. People are clamoring about it in forums like Reddit, because many ad-block users suddenly began reporting degraded ...

Blocking ads on YouTube can now see videos not load at all, or experience black screens throughout the runtime. In 2023, YouTube said that it was experimenting with techniques to try get people to ...

YouTube says there are more than 3 million channels in the YouTube Partner Program, which shares ad revenue with creators (and provides other perks) if those creators meet certain minimum thresholds.

It may not be your imagination — YouTube might be slowing down your videos if you use an ad-blocker. PCWorld spotted new rumors floating online on Reddit and elsewhere that folks using ad-blockers are ...