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Upd: May 29, 2023 9 min read Industry news

Meta, aided by Big Tech frenemies, takes very personal revenge on ad-free Instagram ‘clone’

The story of the rapid rise and equally rapid fall of the ad-free Instagram app shows how Big Tech can put on united front to deal with outliers, and how ruthlessly it can retaliate.

Ekaterina Kachalova

Upd: June 4, 2025 10 min read AFDS The History of Ad Blocking The more you know

Ad Filtering Dev Summit 2022 recap

Since 2018, we all gather together once a year at the Ad Filtering Dev Summit to discuss the pressing issues of ad blocking world. After two years of Summit taking place online due to COVID, this fall we all were finally able to meet in person in Amsterdam.

Vasily Bagirov

Upd: October 10, 2022 7 min read Digest

Google's new feature, ad-free Instagram app and Meta's tracking issue. AdGuard’s Digest

Google makes it easier to remove data from search, Meta takes a very personal revenge on an app, Amazon makes a show out of surveillance, and more in AdGuard’s digest.

Ekaterina Kachalova

Upd: November 2, 2022 4 min read AdGuard Filters The more you know

What are filters?

Ad blocking is based on filtering rules. Rules make up filters. This article is explaining what filters are and where to find them.

Anastasiia Fedotova

Sofia Orlova

Upd: May 18, 2023 10 min read Industry news

Apple’s ad business set to boom on the back of its own anti-tracking crackdown

Apple is the one tech giant that has never been associated with ads, proudly declaring its customer a jewel it will never sell to advertisers. But it seems that Apple is now immersing itself deep into the ad business. Will its promises be kept?

Ekaterina Kachalova

Upd: May 25, 2023 10 min read The more you know

Big Tech owes you money. Find out how much

Big Tech lives off ad money they earn by collecting and selling user data. But what is your own contribution to the data market? In this article, we try to find out how much a single user’s data is worth.

Ekaterina Kachalova

Upd: September 15, 2022 8 min read Digest Industry news

Google shows who is the boss, Telegram tests the waters as DuckDuckGo opens up. AdGuard's digest

Google overrides police and protects ads, DuckDuckGo offers a secure email service, Telegram wants users to decide on privacy, and more in AdGuard’s digest.

Ekaterina Kachalova

Upd: May 25, 2023 14 min read Data protection

Smart wearables: Are they smart enough to protect your data?

Smart wearable devices have become an inalienable part of our lives. They help us to track our fitness, health and can literally save lives. But they are also insecure by design. Read this article to find out what you can do about it.

Ekaterina Kachalova

Upd: November 3, 2023 13 min read AdGuard Browser Extensions AdGuard news Industry news Manifest V3

AdGuard publishes the world's first ad blocker built on Manifest V3

We put a lot of effort into developing an experimental browser extension that could meet all the requirements of Manifest V3 (Chrome's new extension API) and block ads properly within its tight confines. Read the article to find out what we went through and what we achieved.

Dmitriy Seregin

Upd: May 25, 2023 16 min read Data protection The more you know

Digital afterlife: a chance to live forever or never rest in peace?

We all have digital identities, but what happens to them after death? Will your digital alter ego be easy prey for scavengers scouring social media graveyards? Learn how to protect yourself in the digital afterlife.

Ekaterina Kachalova

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Meta, aided by Big Tech frenemies, takes very personal revenge on ad-free Instagram ‘clone’

Ad Filtering Dev Summit 2022 recap

Google's new feature, ad-free Instagram app and Meta's tracking issue. AdGuard’s Digest

What are filters?

Apple’s ad business set to boom on the back of its own anti-tracking crackdown

Big Tech owes you money. Find out how much

Google shows who is the boss, Telegram tests the waters as DuckDuckGo opens up. AdGuard's digest

Smart wearables: Are they smart enough to protect your data?

AdGuard publishes the world's first ad blocker built on Manifest V3

Digital afterlife: a chance to live forever or never rest in peace?

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