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Adblock Plus

Adblock Plus (ABP) is a free and open-source browser extension for content-filtering and ad blocking. It is developed by Eyeo GmbH, a German software company. The extension has been released for Mozilla Firefox (including mobile), Google Chrome, Internet Explorer, Microsoft Edge, Opera, Safari, Yandex Browser, Samsung Internet, and Android.

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Android
1.3 / March 3, 2015; 11 years ago (2015-03-03)
Chrome, Firefox, Microsoft Edge, Opera
Chrome, Firefox, Microsoft Edge, Opera3.21 / November 9, 2023; 2 years ago (2023-11-09)Safari2.2.3 / February 28, 2023; 3 years ago (2023-02-28)Internet Explorer1.6 / January 3,… · 3.21 / November 9, 2023; 2 years ago (2023-11-09)
Developers
Eyeo GmbH Former lead developers: Wladimir Palant, Henrik Aasted Sørensen, Michael McDonald
Internet Explorer
1.6 / January 3, 2017; 9 years ago (2017-01-03)
License
GPLv3
Release
October 23, 2005; 20 years ago (2005-10-23)

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Adblock Plus

Nodes74
Edges73
Triples119
Avg. degree1.97
Density0.027027
Components1

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Adblock Plus

Top relations

related to Legal challenges · 17
Adblock Plus → Admiral, April, Axel Springer, Axel Springer SE, Digital Millennium Copyright Act, DMCA, EasyList, Eyeo, Eyeo GmbH, Germany's Federal Constitutional Court, Handelsblatt, However, In April, In August, In December, Landgericht Hamburg, Zeit Online
related to Filter subscriptions · 16
Adblock Plus → Ares2, August, Better Ads Standards, Both, Created, EasyList, EasyPrivacy, February, Filterset, Google Chrome, Origin, Palant, Petnel, Rick Petnel, The, Users
related to External links · 13
Adblock Plus → Adblock Plus Chairman Tim, All Things Considered, Contains, July, NPR, Official, Online Publishers, Retrieved July, Rise, Schumacher, Staff, What Happens, With Ad Blocking Use
related to Filters · 11
Adblock Plus → AdGuard's, An, Basic, Both, CSS, Origin, Regular, Sites, The, This, Wikipedia
related to Ad filtering, ad whitelisting, and "acceptable ads" · 10
Adblock Plus → According, Adblock Plus's, On December, Palant, Reddit, The, The Daily Telegraph, The New York Times, While, Wladimir Palant
related to Detection · 10
Adblock Plus → Detection, DOM, JavaScript, Loopback, NoScript, Some, These, They, This, URL
related to Security · 8
Adblock Plus → By, Chrome, Firefox, Opera, Origin, Starting, The, This
related to Operation · 5
Adblock Plus → Flash, HTTP, HTTPS, It, Like Mozilla's
related to history · 3
Adblock Plus → Adblock, HTML, Michael McDonald
Chrome, Firefox, Microsoft Edge, Opera · 2
Adblock Plus → 3.21 / November 9, 2023; 2 years ago (2023-11-09), Chrome, Firefox, Microsoft Edge, Opera3.21 / November 9, 2023; 2 years ago (2023-11-09)Safari2.2.3 / February 28, 2023; 3 years ago (2023-02-28)Internet Explorer1.6 / January 3,…

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adblock plus ads extension firefox browser filter chrome android acceptable palant eyeo version app users google ad filters advertising also

Entity relationships Subject–Predicate–Object triples

SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
Adblock PlusAndroid1.3 / March 3, 2015; 11 years ago (2015-03-03)1.00infobox
Adblock PlusChrome, Firefox, Microsoft Edge, OperaChrome, Firefox, Microsoft Edge, Opera3.21 / November 9, 2023; 2 years ago (2023-11-09)Safari2.2.3 / February 28, 2023; 3 years ago (2023-02-28)Internet Explorer1.6 / January 3,…1.00infobox
Adblock PlusChrome, Firefox, Microsoft Edge, Opera3.21 / November 9, 2023; 2 years ago (2023-11-09)1.00infobox
Adblock PlusDevelopersEyeo GmbH Former lead developers: Wladimir Palant, Henrik Aasted Sørensen, Michael McDonald1.00infobox
Adblock PlusInternet Explorer1.6 / January 3, 2017; 9 years ago (2017-01-03)1.00infobox
Adblock PlusLicenseGPLv31.00infobox
Adblock PlusReleaseOctober 23, 2005; 20 years ago (2005-10-23)1.00infobox
Adblock PlusRepositorygitlab.com/eyeo/browser-extensions-and-premium/extensions/extensions1.00infobox
Adblock PlusSafari2.2.3 / February 28, 2023; 3 years ago (2023-02-28)1.00infobox
Adblock PlusSamsung Internet1.2.0 / March 5, 2019; 7 years ago (2019-03-05)1.00infobox
Adblock PlusTypeMozilla extension mobile app1.00infobox
Adblock PlusWebsiteadblockplus.org1.00infobox
Adblock PlusWritten inJavaScript, TypeScript, CSS, HTML1.00infobox

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