How to make the Internet worse for everyone except the slimeballs https://plus.google.com/+LaurenWeinstein/posts/TPGq25rCG5C
One of the most likely responses to the widespread use of ad blockers will be a vast increase in so-called "native advertising," exemplified by articles, stories, or other materials -- including "editorials" and the like -- that do not reveal in a straightforward manner that they are actually *placements* whose content is being paid for by advertisers. In essence, these are "stealth ads" -- designed to pretend they're not ads at all. And ad blockers normally won't be able to touch them. So now instead of knowing that there's an ad trying to convince you to buy something or change your point of view, you won't even know someone is paying to put the words and images in front of you. Congratulations. --Lauren-- Lauren Weinstein ([email protected]): http://www.vortex.com/lauren Founder: - Network Neutrality Squad: http://www.nnsquad.org - PRIVACY Forum: http://www.vortex.com/privacy-info Co-Founder: People For Internet Responsibility: http://www.pfir.org/pfir-info Member: ACM Committee on Computers and Public Policy Lauren's Blog: http://lauren.vortex.com Google+: http://google.com/+LaurenWeinstein Twitter: http://twitter.com/laurenweinstein Tel: +1 (818) 225-2800 / Skype: vortex.com _______________________________________________ pfir mailing list http://lists.pfir.org/mailman/listinfo/pfir
