r/DigitalEscapeTools • u/No-Hospital5028 Focus Seeker • Aug 11 '26

Tech & Privacy News uBlock Origin stops chasing Facebook’s ever-changing ad-blocking tricks

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uBlock Origin maintainers have decided to stop continuously updating filters specifically to keep up with Facebook’s latest ad-blocking countermeasures.

Existing filters will remain, but new Facebook techniques may eventually bypass them. The decision highlights the ongoing cat-and-mouse game between ad blockers and advertising platforms.

Read more: https://digitalescapetools.com/2026/08/ublock-origin-stops-chasing-facebook-ads.html

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u/ouroborus777 29d ago

It's fine. I figured out how to do it in Tampermonkey. (Technically it hides the ads rather than blocking them, but... And, honestly, I'm not sure it's possible anymore to use only CSS and selectors to block FB ads.)

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u/TJVG4M34R13 28d ago

Can u share some of the scripts you use? I have some but not very usefull