<s>
Adblock	B-Application
Plus	I-Application
(	O
ABP	O
)	O
is	O
a	O
free	B-License
and	I-License
open-source	I-License
browser	B-Protocol
extension	I-Protocol
for	O
content-filtering	B-Protocol
and	O
ad	O
blocking	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
is	O
developed	O
by	O
developer	O
Wladimir	B-Application
Palant	I-Application
's	O
Eyeo	B-Application
GmbH	I-Application
,	O
a	O
German	O
software	O
company	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
extension	B-Operating_System
has	O
been	O
released	O
for	O
Mozilla	B-Application
Firefox	I-Application
(	O
including	O
mobile	B-Application
)	O
,	O
Google	B-Application
Chrome	I-Application
,	O
Internet	B-Application
Explorer	I-Application
,	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Edge	I-Application
(	O
Chromium	B-Language
based	O
version	O
)	O
,	O
Opera	B-Application
,	O
Safari	B-Application
,	O
Yandex	B-Language
Browser	I-Language
,	O
and	O
Android	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2011	O
,	O
Adblock	B-Application
Plus	I-Application
and	O
Eyeo	B-Application
attracted	O
considerable	O
controversy	O
over	O
its	O
"	O
Acceptable	B-Application
Ads	I-Application
"	O
program	O
to	O
"	O
allow	O
certain	O
non-intrusive	O
ads	O
"	O
(	O
such	O
as	O
Google	B-Application
Ads	I-Application
)	O
to	O
be	O
allowed	O
under	O
the	O
extension	B-Operating_System
's	O
default	O
settings	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
original	O
version	O
of	O
Adblock	B-Operating_System
(	O
0.1	O
)	O
was	O
written	O
as	O
a	O
side	O
project	O
for	O
Firefox	B-Application
by	O
Danish	O
software	O
developer	O
Henrik	O
Aasted	O
Sørensen	O
,	O
a	O
university	O
student	O
at	O
the	O
time	O
,	O
in	O
2002	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Sørensen	O
maintained	O
the	O
open-source	O
project	O
until	O
Adblock	B-Operating_System
0.3	O
after	O
which	O
the	O
project	O
changed	O
hands	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
was	O
also	O
the	O
last	O
stable	O
release	O
of	O
Adblock	B-Operating_System
.	O
</s>
<s>
Starting	O
with	O
Adblock	B-Operating_System
0.4	O
,	O
in	O
early	O
2003	O
,	O
the	O
development	O
of	O
AdBlock	B-Operating_System
was	O
taken	O
over	O
by	O
a	O
developer	O
who	O
went	O
by	O
the	O
pseudonym	O
rue	O
online	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
version	O
used	O
XBL	B-Application
to	O
hide	O
the	O
ads	O
and	O
with	O
this	O
object	O
like	O
Flash	B-Operating_System
or	O
Java	O
could	O
also	O
be	O
blocked	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
was	O
a	O
developer	O
build	O
and	O
not	O
a	O
stable	O
release	O
as	O
were	O
subsequent	O
further	O
versions	O
(	O
either	O
released	O
as	O
nightly	O
or	O
development	O
builds	O
)	O
making	O
Adblock	B-Operating_System
0.3	O
the	O
last	O
stable	O
release	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
AdBlock	B-Operating_System
0.5	O
,	O
2004	O
,	O
used	O
content	O
policies	O
for	O
ad	O
blocking	O
which	O
prevented	O
the	O
ads	O
from	O
being	O
downloaded	O
instead	O
of	O
simply	O
hiding	O
them	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
XBL	B-Application
support	O
was	O
dropped	O
in	O
this	O
version	O
in	O
favor	O
of	O
content	O
policies	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
These	O
updates	O
were	O
implemented	O
by	O
rue	O
with	O
the	O
help	O
of	O
Wladimir	B-Application
Palant	I-Application
who	O
contributed	O
other	O
developments	O
as	O
well	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Sometime	O
after	O
Adblock	B-Operating_System
0.5	O
'	O
s	O
release	O
the	O
development	O
of	O
the	O
project	O
stalled	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
That	O
's	O
when	O
Michael	O
McDonald	O
created	O
a	O
separate	O
enhanced	O
version	O
of	O
AdBlock	B-Operating_System
called	O
AdBlock	B-Application
Plus	I-Application
0.5	O
to	O
improve	O
upon	O
the	O
original	O
and	O
add	O
additional	O
features	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
No	O
update	O
for	O
the	O
original	O
AdBlock	B-Operating_System
was	O
issued	O
even	O
after	O
Firefox	B-Application
1.5	O
'	O
s	O
release	O
in	O
November	O
2005	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
the	O
meantime	O
,	O
McDonald	O
had	O
released	O
a	O
compatible	O
AdBlock	B-Application
Plus	I-Application
version	O
for	O
Firefox	B-Application
1.5	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Wladimir	B-Application
Palant	I-Application
wanted	O
to	O
help	O
rue	O
with	O
the	O
development	O
of	O
AdBlock	B-Operating_System
0.5	O
but	O
did	O
not	O
continue	O
due	O
to	O
development	O
disagreements	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
He	O
eventually	O
took	O
over	O
development	O
of	O
Adblock	B-Application
Plus	I-Application
from	O
McDonald	O
and	O
rewrote	O
the	O
codebase	O
,	O
releasing	O
Adblock	B-Application
Plus	I-Application
0.6	O
in	O
January	O
2006	O
,	O
thus	O
making	O
Adblock	B-Application
Plus	I-Application
a	O
separate	O
extension	B-Operating_System
and	O
not	O
simply	O
an	O
enhanced	O
version	O
of	O
Adblock	B-Operating_System
.	O
</s>
<s>
Development	O
of	O
the	O
original	O
Adblock	B-Operating_System
stopped	O
with	O
version	O
0.5	O
and	O
the	O
project	O
was	O
abandoned	O
in	O
late	O
2006	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Michael	O
McDonald	O
created	O
Adblock	B-Application
Plus	I-Application
0.5	O
,	O
which	O
improved	O
on	O
the	O
original	O
Adblock	B-Operating_System
by	O
incorporating	O
the	O
following	O
features	O
:	O
</s>
<s>
McDonald	O
discontinued	O
development	O
and	O
transferred	O
the	O
name	O
to	O
Wladimir	B-Application
Palant	I-Application
,	O
who	O
released	O
Adblock	B-Application
Plus	I-Application
0.6	O
with	O
a	O
rewritten	O
codebase	O
in	O
January	O
2006	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
PC	O
World	O
chose	O
Adblock	B-Application
Plus	I-Application
as	O
one	O
of	O
the	O
100	O
best	O
products	O
of	O
2007	O
,	O
featuring	O
in	O
at	O
95	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
AdBlock	B-Application
Plus	I-Application
was	O
initially	O
written	O
around	O
Mozilla	O
's	O
extension	B-Operating_System
API	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
extension	B-Operating_System
supported	O
not	O
just	O
Firefox	B-Application
,	O
but	O
less	O
popular	O
applications	O
like	O
SeaMonkey	B-Language
,	O
K-Meleon	B-Protocol
,	O
Fennec	B-Application
,	O
Prism	O
,	O
and	O
even	O
the	O
Songbird	O
media	O
player	O
because	O
they	O
each	O
included	O
Mozilla	O
's	O
Gecko	B-Language
rendering	I-Language
engine	I-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
Wladimir	B-Application
Palant	I-Application
expressed	O
reluctance	O
to	O
support	O
popular	O
but	O
technologically	O
unrelated	O
browsers	B-Application
and	O
stated	O
,	O
"	O
I	O
am	O
not	O
going	O
to	O
maintain	O
two	O
unrelated	O
projects.	O
"	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2010	O
,	O
AdBlock	B-Application
Plus	I-Application
acquired	O
the	O
existing	O
AdThwart	O
extension	B-Operating_System
for	O
Chrome	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Palant	O
used	O
this	O
as	O
a	O
base	O
to	O
build	O
Adblock	B-Application
Plus	I-Application
for	O
Google	B-Application
Chrome	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
After	O
Firefox	B-Application
and	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Edge	I-Application
adopted	O
Google	O
's	O
Web	B-Operating_System
Extensions	I-Operating_System
API	O
,	O
the	O
Chrome	B-Application
version	O
became	O
the	O
basis	O
for	O
those	O
browsers	B-Application
as	O
well	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Ad	B-Application
Block	I-Application
Plus	I-Application
became	O
the	O
most	O
popular	O
extension	B-Operating_System
for	O
Firefox	B-Application
,	O
with	O
around	O
14	O
million	O
users	O
as	O
of	O
December	O
2017	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Adblock	B-Application
Plus	I-Application
was	O
released	O
as	O
an	O
app	O
for	O
Android	B-Application
devices	O
in	O
November	O
2012	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
March	O
3	O
,	O
2013	O
,	O
the	O
Android	B-Application
app	O
was	O
removed	O
from	O
the	O
Google	O
Play	O
Store	O
along	O
with	O
similar	O
ad-blocking	O
apps	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Some	O
apps	O
remain	O
in	O
the	O
Play	O
Store	O
with	O
the	O
caveat	O
that	O
they	O
require	O
root	B-Application
access	I-Application
in	O
order	O
to	O
function	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Adblock	B-Application
Plus	I-Application
,	O
while	O
not	O
in	O
the	O
Play	O
Store	O
,	O
is	O
still	O
available	O
on	O
the	O
app	O
's	O
website	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Users	O
can	O
download	O
the	O
.Apk	B-Application
file	I-Application
directly	O
and	O
install	O
it	O
as	O
a	O
third-party	O
app	O
if	O
they	O
allow	O
"	O
Unknown	O
Sources	O
"	O
in	O
Android	B-Application
settings	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
application	O
page	O
as	O
of	O
December	O
2017	O
features	O
the	O
Adblock	B-Operating_System
Browser	B-Application
for	O
Android	B-Application
instead	O
of	O
the	O
original	O
app	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Adblock	B-Application
Plus	I-Application
was	O
made	O
available	O
for	O
Internet	B-Application
Explorer	I-Application
in	O
August	O
2013	O
,	O
Safari	B-Application
since	O
January	O
2014	O
,	O
and	O
Yandex	B-Language
Browser	I-Language
since	O
December	O
2014	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
An	O
Adblock	B-Application
Plus	I-Application
browser	B-Application
beta	O
version	O
was	O
made	O
available	O
in	O
May	O
2015	O
,	O
called	O
the	O
""	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Adblock	B-Operating_System
Browser	B-Application
1.0	O
was	O
released	O
on	O
September	O
7	O
,	O
2015	O
,	O
based	O
on	O
Firefox	B-Application
for	I-Application
mobile	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Adblock	B-Application
Plus	I-Application
has	O
created	O
an	O
independent	O
board	O
to	O
review	O
what	O
is	O
an	O
acceptable	O
ad	O
and	O
what	O
is	O
not	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Like	O
Mozilla	O
's	O
built-in	O
image	O
blocker	O
,	O
Adblock	B-Application
Plus	I-Application
blocks	O
HTTP	B-Protocol
and	O
HTTPS	B-Protocol
requests	O
according	O
to	O
their	O
source	O
address	O
and	O
additional	O
context	O
information	O
and	O
can	O
block	O
iframes	B-Algorithm
,	O
scripts	O
,	O
and	O
Flash	B-Operating_System
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
rooted	O
devices	O
,	O
the	O
Android	B-Application
app	O
blocks	O
ads	O
on	O
all	O
web	O
traffic	O
including	O
mobile	B-Application
networks	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Most	O
of	O
the	O
content	O
that	O
users	O
are	O
trying	O
to	O
block	O
will	O
be	O
removed	O
,	O
though	O
some	O
content	O
is	O
missed	O
,	O
and	O
the	O
app	O
is	O
not	O
as	O
reliable	O
at	O
blocking	O
ads	O
as	O
the	O
browser	B-Application
versions	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Regular	B-Language
expressions	I-Language
delimited	O
by	O
slashes	O
(	O
/	O
)	O
can	O
be	O
used	O
by	O
advanced	O
users	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Adblock	B-Application
Plus	I-Application
also	O
supports	O
a	O
more-sophisticated	O
syntax	O
that	O
gives	O
fine-grain	O
control	O
over	O
filters	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
first	O
part	O
of	O
the	O
filter	O
is	O
the	O
domain	O
name	O
,	O
followed	O
by	O
two	O
pound	O
signs	O
,	O
and	O
a	O
CSS	B-Language
selector	I-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
Both	O
UBlock	B-Protocol
Origin	I-Protocol
and	O
AdGuard	B-Application
's	I-Application
browser	I-Application
extension	I-Application
and	I-Application
apps	I-Application
also	O
support	O
this	O
type	O
of	O
filtering	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Adblock	B-Application
Plus	I-Application
includes	O
the	O
ability	O
to	O
use	O
one	O
or	O
more	O
external	O
filter	O
subscriptions	O
that	O
are	O
automatically	O
updated	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Filterset.G	B-Operating_System
is	O
incompatible	O
with	O
this	O
system	O
(	O
and	O
Adblock	B-Application
Plus	I-Application
specifically	O
recommends	O
against	O
using	O
Filterset.G	B-Operating_System
for	O
other	O
reasons	O
as	O
well	O
)	O
,	O
but	O
other	O
filtersets	O
can	O
be	O
added	O
by	O
typing	O
their	O
addresses	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
list	O
of	O
known	O
Adblock	B-Application
Plus	I-Application
subscriptions	O
is	O
maintained	O
on	O
the	O
Adblock	B-Application
Plus	I-Application
official	O
website	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
EasyList	O
was	O
the	O
most	O
popular	O
Adblock	B-Application
Plus	I-Application
filter	O
list	O
as	O
of	O
August	O
2011	O
,	O
with	O
over	O
12	O
million	O
subscribers	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Created	O
by	O
Rick	O
Petnel	O
,	O
it	O
became	O
officially	O
recommended	O
by	O
the	O
Adblock	B-Application
Plus	I-Application
program	O
,	O
and	O
filter	O
lists	O
for	O
other	O
languages	O
were	O
built	O
on	O
top	O
of	O
it	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
filter	O
lists	O
EasyList	O
and	O
EasyPrivacy	O
are	O
both	O
subscribed	O
by	O
default	O
in	O
uBlock	B-Protocol
Origin	I-Protocol
but	O
not	O
in	O
Adblock	B-Application
Plus	I-Application
itself	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Both	O
of	O
these	O
filter	O
lists	O
will	O
also	O
be	O
used	O
by	O
Google	B-Application
Chrome	I-Application
starting	O
February	O
15	O
,	O
2018	O
,	O
on	O
sites	O
not	O
complying	O
with	O
the	O
Better	O
Ads	O
Standards	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
May	O
2013	O
,	O
the	O
former	O
second	O
most	O
popular	O
Adblock	B-Application
Plus	I-Application
filter	O
list	O
,	O
Fanboy	O
's	O
List	O
,	O
was	O
merged	O
with	O
EasyList	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
December	O
2014	O
,	O
it	O
was	O
reported	O
that	O
Zeit	O
Online	O
and	O
Handelsblatt	O
had	O
brought	O
suit	O
against	O
Eyeo	B-Application
GmbH	I-Application
in	O
the	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Axel	O
Springer	O
SE	O
has	O
filed	O
a	O
court	O
order	O
for	O
the	O
removal	O
of	O
the	O
Adblock	B-Application
Plus	I-Application
post	O
though	O
there	O
is	O
a	O
redacted	O
version	O
and	O
people	O
have	O
posted	O
videos	O
and	O
posts	O
on	O
how	O
to	O
get	O
around	O
the	O
Axel	O
Springer	O
wall	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
However	O
,	O
in	O
April	O
2018	O
,	O
Germany	O
's	O
Federal	O
Constitutional	O
Court	O
found	O
in	O
favor	O
of	O
Eyeo	B-Application
and	O
ruled	O
that	O
Adblock	B-Application
Plus	I-Application
did	O
not	O
violate	O
any	O
laws	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Some	O
webmasters	O
have	O
used	O
JavaScript	B-Language
to	O
detect	O
the	O
effects	O
of	O
the	O
popular	O
Adblock	B-Application
Plus	I-Application
filters	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
is	O
done	O
by	O
generating	O
a	O
honeypot-like	O
URL	O
,	O
verifying	O
its	O
delivery	O
,	O
and	O
DOM	B-General_Concept
verification	O
after	O
the	O
web	O
page	O
is	O
rendered	O
by	O
the	O
web	B-Application
browser	I-Application
,	O
to	O
ensure	O
the	O
expected	O
advertising	O
elements	O
are	O
present	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Detection	O
is	O
simplified	O
since	O
the	O
extension	B-Operating_System
is	O
not	O
yet	O
capable	O
of	O
replacing	O
content	O
;	O
Loopback	O
proxies	O
provide	O
this	O
additional	O
functionality	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
These	O
methods	O
do	O
not	O
detect	O
the	O
presence	O
of	O
the	O
Adblock	B-Application
Plus	I-Application
extension	B-Operating_System
directly	O
,	O
only	O
the	O
effects	O
of	O
the	O
filters	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
They	O
are	O
vulnerable	O
to	O
continued	O
filter	O
updates	O
,	O
and	O
whitelist-filtering	O
web	O
scripts	O
with	O
extensions	O
such	O
as	O
NoScript	B-Operating_System
.	O
</s>
<s>
An	O
attempt	O
was	O
made	O
to	O
detect	O
the	O
plug-in	O
itself	O
,	O
but	O
that	O
detection	O
method	O
was	O
rendered	O
unusable	O
by	O
the	O
0.7.5.2	O
update	O
of	O
Adblock	B-Application
Plus	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Google	B-Application
Chrome	I-Application
had	O
a	O
defect	O
in	O
Content	B-Protocol
Security	I-Protocol
Policy	I-Protocol
that	O
allowed	O
the	O
detection	O
of	O
any	O
installed	O
extension	B-Operating_System
,	O
including	O
Adblock	B-Application
Plus	I-Application
for	O
Google	B-Application
Chrome	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
solution	O
for	O
this	O
issue	O
arrived	O
in	O
Google	B-Application
Chrome	I-Application
18	O
,	O
and	O
required	O
each	O
developer	O
to	O
make	O
changes	O
to	O
their	O
extensions	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Adblock	B-Application
Plus	I-Application
for	O
Google	B-Application
Chrome	I-Application
fixed	O
this	O
in	O
version	O
1.3	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Starting	O
with	O
Adblock	B-Application
Plus	I-Application
3.2	O
for	O
Chrome	B-Application
,	O
Firefox	B-Application
and	O
Opera	B-Application
,	O
the	O
Adblock	B-Application
Plus	I-Application
filter	O
syntax	O
allowed	O
filter	O
lists	O
to	O
execute	O
arbitrary	O
code	O
in	O
the	O
context	O
of	O
certain	O
kinds	O
of	O
web	O
pages	O
via	O
the	O
$rewrite	O
filter	O
option	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
issue	O
was	O
not	O
unique	O
to	O
Adblock	B-Application
Plus	I-Application
and	O
affected	O
all	O
extensions	O
that	O
offered	O
such	O
functionality	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
By	O
contrast	O
,	O
uBlock	B-Protocol
Origin	I-Protocol
did	O
not	O
support	O
this	O
functionality	O
and	O
required	O
all	O
such	O
scripts	O
to	O
pass	O
a	O
manual	O
verification	O
by	O
the	O
uBlock	B-Protocol
Origin	I-Protocol
maintainers	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
issue	O
was	O
fixed	O
in	O
Adblock	B-Application
Plus	I-Application
3.5.2	O
for	O
Chrome	B-Application
,	O
Firefox	B-Application
and	O
Opera	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
owners	O
of	O
some	O
websites	O
which	O
use	O
third-party	O
hosted	O
online	O
advertising	O
to	O
fund	O
the	O
hosting	O
of	O
their	O
websites	O
have	O
argued	O
that	O
the	O
use	O
of	O
ad-blocking	O
software	O
such	O
as	O
Adblock	B-Application
Plus	I-Application
risks	O
cutting	O
off	O
their	O
revenue	O
stream	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
December	O
5	O
,	O
2011	O
,	O
Wladimir	B-Application
Palant	I-Application
announced	O
that	O
certain	O
"	O
acceptable	O
"	O
ads	O
would	O
be	O
whitelisted	O
in	O
upcoming	O
builds	O
of	O
the	O
Adblock	B-Application
Plus	I-Application
software	O
,	O
with	O
the	O
option	O
to	O
remove	O
whitelisted	O
ads	O
by	O
using	O
a	O
custom	O
setting	O
in	O
the	O
software	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
According	O
to	O
Palant	O
,	O
only	O
static	O
advertisements	O
with	O
a	O
maximum	O
of	O
one	O
script	B-Language
will	O
be	O
permitted	O
as	O
"	O
acceptable	O
"	O
,	O
with	O
a	O
preference	O
towards	O
text-only	O
content	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
announcement	O
generated	O
controversy	O
both	O
on	O
Adblock	B-Application
Plus	I-Application
's	O
website	O
and	O
on	O
social	O
media	O
sites	O
like	O
Reddit	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2012	O
,	O
Adblock	B-Application
Plus	I-Application
's	O
managing	O
director	O
Till	O
Faida	O
told	O
the	O
Swiss	O
newspaper	O
Thurgauer	O
Zeitung	O
that	O
the	O
"	O
strategic	O
partners	O
"	O
on	O
Adblock	B-Application
Plus	I-Application
's	O
whitelist	O
would	O
not	O
be	O
named	O
,	O
but	O
that	O
the	O
partnership	O
is	O
part	O
of	O
the	O
company	O
's	O
"	O
Acceptable	B-Application
Ads	I-Application
"	O
whitelist	O
project	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
February	O
2013	O
,	O
an	O
anonymous	O
source	O
accused	O
Adblock	B-Application
Plus	I-Application
developer	O
Wladimir	B-Application
Palant	I-Application
of	O
offering	O
to	O
add	O
his	O
site	O
's	O
advertisements	O
to	O
the	O
whitelist	O
in	O
return	O
for	O
one-third	O
of	O
the	O
advertisement	O
revenue	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
June	O
2013	O
,	O
blogger	O
Sascha	O
Pallenberg	O
accused	O
the	O
developers	O
of	O
Adblock	B-Application
Plus	I-Application
of	O
maintaining	O
business	O
connections	O
to	O
"	O
strategic	O
partners	O
in	O
the	O
advertising	O
industry	O
"	O
,	O
and	O
called	O
ABP	O
a	O
"	O
mafia-like	O
advertising	O
network	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
He	O
alleged	O
that	O
Adblock	B-Application
Plus	I-Application
whitelisted	O
all	O
ads	O
coming	O
from	O
"	O
friendly	O
"	O
sites	O
and	O
subsidiaries	O
,	O
and	O
promoted	O
their	O
product	O
using	O
fake	O
reviews	O
and	O
pornography	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
He	O
said	O
that	O
the	O
company	O
is	O
convinced	O
that	O
the	O
"	O
acceptable	B-Application
ads	I-Application
"	O
business	O
model	O
will	O
be	O
successful	O
and	O
says	O
that	O
the	O
whitelisting	O
criteria	O
are	O
"	O
completely	O
transparent	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
He	O
also	O
stated	O
that	O
"	O
We	O
have	O
an	O
initiative	O
called	O
Acceptable	B-Application
Ads	I-Application
to	O
support	O
websites	O
with	O
unobtrusive	O
ads	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Attacks	O
were	O
made	O
in	O
2016	O
against	O
ad-blocking	O
with	O
paid	O
whitelists	O
—	O
though	O
Adblock	B-Application
Plus	I-Application
was	O
not	O
mentioned	O
by	O
name	O
—	O
by	O
content	O
providers	O
who	O
provide	O
content	O
free	O
of	O
charge	O
to	O
users	O
,	O
deriving	O
revenue	O
from	O
advertisements	O
,	O
and	O
by	O
industry	O
and	O
government	O
sources	O
who	O
criticise	O
the	O
"	O
unsavoury	O
"	O
business	O
model	O
,	O
which	O
has	O
been	O
described	O
as	O
a	O
"	O
modern-day	O
protection	O
racket	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
May	O
2016	O
,	O
Adblock	B-Application
Plus	I-Application
parent	O
company	O
Eyeo	B-Application
began	O
a	O
collaboration	O
with	O
the	O
online	O
donation	O
service	O
Flattr	O
to	O
create	O
a	O
service	O
that	O
would	O
allow	O
users	O
to	O
automatically	O
donate	O
money	O
to	O
online	O
publishers	O
based	O
on	O
their	O
engagement	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
service	O
was	O
conceived	O
as	O
a	O
way	O
for	O
users	O
to	O
automatically	O
support	O
online	O
publishers	O
as	O
an	O
alternative	O
to	O
advertising	O
;	O
Eyeo	B-Application
would	O
acquire	O
Flattr	O
outright	O
the	O
following	O
year	O
,	O
seeking	O
to	O
expand	O
upon	O
this	O
model	O
as	O
Flattr	O
's	O
main	O
service	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
September	O
2016	O
,	O
Eyeo	B-Application
announced	O
that	O
it	O
would	O
launch	O
a	O
"	O
marketplace	O
"	O
for	O
ads	O
that	O
meet	O
its	O
acceptability	O
criteria	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Starting	O
with	O
version	O
2.0	O
,	O
Adblock	B-Application
Plus	I-Application
started	O
allowing	O
"	O
acceptable	B-Application
ads	I-Application
"	O
by	O
default	O
,	O
with	O
acceptable	O
ad	O
standards	O
being	O
set	O
by	O
The	O
Acceptable	B-Application
Ads	I-Application
Committee	O
.	O
</s>
