If the web has seemed a bit of empty to you over the past day or so, test to see in case your browser is utilizing AdBlock or Adblock Plus. According to several users, advert blockers have inadvertently worn out the content material they’re in search of on quite a lot of mainstream websites.

It’s unclear precisely what triggered the issue, however the problem ought to both resolve itself or it may be mounted by going into settings and requesting an replace to your filter lists. In an e-mail, the Adblock Plus help channel confirmed the issue “has already been fixed” with out getting in depth about what it was. Several posts on social media pointed to a recent change in filtering that works in different blockers however was interpreted by Adblock Plus to dam content material tagged as “media.”

There’s no public assertion obtainable from the Adblock Plus social channels or homeowners eyeo GmbH, however at the least the issue was solely non permanent.