bbc.com: ads

[Marko-98]

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URL address of the web page

https://www.bbc.com/

Category

nuisance

Description

Ad placeholder at top of the page

Other extensions used

Cookie AutoDelete

Screenshot(s)

Screenshot(s)

Configuration

uBlock Origin: 1.61.2
Firefox: 133
filterset (summary):
 network: 141997
 cosmetic: 49836
 scriptlet: 21639
 html: 2246
listset (total-discarded, last-updated):
 default:
  user-filters: 19-0, never
  ublock-filters: 41197-134, 1h.2m Δ
  ublock-badware: 12333-1, 1h.2m Δ
  ublock-privacy: 1810-27, 1h.2m Δ
  ublock-unbreak: 2605-1, 1h.2m Δ
  ublock-quick-fixes: 172-5, 1h.2m Δ
  easylist: 78392-251, 1h.2m Δ
  easyprivacy: 53358-71, 1h.2m Δ
  urlhaus-1: 23910-0, 4m
  plowe-0: 3548-994, 4m
filterset (user): [array of 21 redacted]
trustedset:
 added: [array of 8 redacted]
 removed:
  chrome-extension-scheme
hostRuleset:
 added: [array of 1 redacted]
userSettings:
 advancedUserEnabled: true
 cloudStorageEnabled: true
 largeMediaSize: 70
 userFiltersTrusted: true
 webrtcIPAddressHidden: true
hiddenSettings:
 cloudStorageCompression: false
supportStats:
 allReadyAfter: 178 ms (selfie)
 maxAssetCacheWait: 126 ms
 cacheBackend: indexedDB
popupPanel:
 blocked: 10
 network:
  amazon-adsystem.com: 1
  brandmetrics.com: 1
  chartbeat.com: 1
  dotmetrics.net: 1
  doubleclick.net: 1
  doubleverify.com: 1
  edigitalsurvey.com: 1
  optimizely.com: 1
  permutive.com: 1
  scorecardresearch.com: 1
 extended:
  ##.dotcom-ad

[gorhill]

This works:

bbc.com##[data-component="ad-slot"]

[Marko-98]

@gorhill Thanks; I can confirm it works.

I found a number websites today where ad placeholders like this one started to appear. And I started wondering what happened; if it was uBO's fault, the filter's or the websites suddenly changed. Which I found weird, because websites aren't connected in any way.

Merry Christmas to all! 😊

[huyszn]

@ryanbr