Why working at an ad blocker was the best way I could think of to help advertising · 25 days ago by Otilia Otlacan

Happy 2017! New year, new job – sort of, as I’ve been here at eyeo for two months already. Read on to see why I joined the company, what I found here and why I’m glad I made this move.

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Why you will always have a choice to switch off Acceptable Ads, and why you shouldn’t - an opinion piece · 46 days ago by Björn Loesing

The advertising business in general has gone down the wrong rabbit hole. It’s all about getting clicks. To find out why the Acceptable Ads initiative is the most sensible choice despite all of this, read more in this personal opinion piece.

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It's still perfectly legal to block ads in Germany after latest court victory over Spiegel · 62 days ago by Ben Williams

Late Friday we received news that we had won our sixth lawsuit in Germany. The victory, this time over Spiegel Online, confirmed once again that ad blocking is completely legal in Germany.

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Flattr Plus: Let us shine some light on the progress · 67 days ago by Laura Dornheim

You’re probably wondering about Flattr Plus, Eyeo’s joint project with Flattr to revolutionize how people fund content. Click onward, and find all the newness that’s fit to print.

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ABP meetup event in New York · 68 days ago by Ben Williams

We’re hosting an event in New York City in two weeks for people involved in technology, online advocacy and advertising. It will cover lots of topics, but our main intention is to recruit the best qualified people to join the Acceptable Ads Committee. Is that you? If it is, read on for more information on how to sign up.

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Adblock Plus awarded for our role in improving online advertising · 69 days ago by Ben Williams

Some days are more satisfying than others, and today is one of those at the super satisfying end of the scale. We were awarded a prestigious award by MediaPost in recognition of our role in improving advertising, showing us that the positive impact we’ve been trying to make in online ads is getting noticed.

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Fact-checking Adblock Plus allegations · 88 days ago by Ben Williams

As the (constantly terrifying) US election comes into the homestretch, we thought we’d take an old election-cycle media standby, the fact checker, and use it to dismantle a few of the spurious statements that get tossed around about us. Have fun! Vote Eyeo!

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European Court of Justice’s IP address decision and privacy · 100 days ago by Rachel Brochado

There has been an interesting development in the legal nature of dynamic IP addresses based on a very recent decision of the European Court of Justice. Our data protection officer Dr. Judith Nink explains what this is all about.

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Clearing up some things from this week! · 135 days ago by Rachel Brochado

There has been a lot of misinformation floating around these past few days about Adblock Plus and Acceptable Ads and the Acceptable Ads Platform, so let us try and clear up the most common ones.

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New Acceptable Ads Platform launches, will redefine RTB and help small websites · 138 days ago by Ben Williams

Today we’re launching the beta version of the Acceptable Ads Platform, a fully functional platform consisting of only Acceptable Ads that will make the whitelisting process faster and easier for publishers, while allowing them to serve alternative ads to ad-blocking users.

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