How to disable Ad Blockers and Whitelist news.com.au

Here is how to disable ad blockers and Whitelist news.com.au so you can support quality journalism.

Here are some simple things you can do to help news.com.au by disabling Ad Blockers.

We really appreciate it, because it means you’re supporting quality journalism.

Below are simple instructions that describe how to add news.com.au as an exception on your specific ad blocking software.

Advertising is a vital part of the health of our website. It allows us to deliver the stories that make a difference in the lives of all Australians. We also entertain, inform and make sure you always know the sports score. But without our advertising partners, this task becomes increasingly challenging.

We are constantly working on ways to improve the experience you have while reading and watching our journalism across all digital platforms.

If you’re reading us on your phone, we continually work on limiting the sizes of files (easing the burden on your data plan), make our navigation easy to use and ensure our advertising campaigns meet the highest of standards.

For more information, please see our FAQ at the bottom of this page.

How to disable Ad Blockers and Whitelist news.com.au

Adguard/Adblocker plus

1. Click on the arrow of the icon in the toolbar to bring up the menu. There you have the option to disable/re-enable

2. Click to “Disable on this site” or remove from your Chrome extensions

Ghostery

1. Click on the Ghostery icon in the toolbar.

2. Click to “Trust site”

Ad Muncher

1. Click the Ad Muncher icon in your system tray to open the configuration window.

2. Click the “My Filters” tab.

3. Click the “New” button.

4. Set the category to “No filtering on URL”

5. Set the keyword to any part of the site’s address, for example, microsoft.com.

iOS

If you have an ad blocker app installed on your mobile device, follow these steps to disable.

1. Go to Settings.

2. Select Safari or your chosen browser.

3. Click on “Content Blockers”.

4. Turn ad blocker apps off.

Android

1. Use a browser that does not automatically block ads.

2. Alternatively whitelist this website within your ad blocking app, or uninstall your ad blocking app.

FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS

What is news.com.au doing?

Free content at news.com.au is made possible through our advertising partners. news.com.au is now encouraging people using ad blockers to take up a subscription to news.com.au Premium membership or stop using ad blockers on our site. Every time a reader with an ad blocker accesses a page on news.com.au they will be served a message asking them to take up a subscription or add the site to a whitelist.

What is an ad blocker?

Ad blocking or ad filtering is removing or altering advertising content in a web page. Advertising can exist in a variety of forms including pictures, animations, embedded audio and video, text, or pop-up windows and can employ autoplay of audio and video. All browsers offer some solution to the problem, either by targeting technologies (Adobe Flash/Shockwave, Windows Media Audio files, etc.) that are used to deliver ads, targeting URLs that are the source of ads, or targeting behaviours characteristic of ads (such as the use of HTML5 autoplay of both audio and video). *Wikipedia

Why is the news.com.au blocking users with Ad Blockers enabled?

Free content on news.com.au is made possible through our advertising partners. Ad-blockers prevent us from serving ads to the people who use them. The purpose of the initiative is to encourage people to put our site on a whitelist so we can continue to provide them with quality content or take up a subscription

How will it impact readers?

Any readers using ad blockers will be served a message to either take up a subscription (in which case they can continue to use their ad-blocking software) or put news.com.au on a whitelist (so we can serve them ads on our site). Both options ensure we are able to continue to provide high quality content. Readers who choose not to take up a subscription or put news.com.au on a whitelist will have limited access to our website.

What should a reader do if they want to view our content but wants to continue to use ad blockers?

To continue to get access to all our content while continuing to use ad blockers, they can take up a subscription.

What is a whitelist?

A whitelist is a list of sites that are an exception to the ad blocking software. If news.com.au is added to an ad blocking whitelist, it means advertising can be served on our site as an exception. Ads won’t be served on any other sites not on a whitelist.

What does it mean for other sites if a reader puts news.com.au on a whitelist?

news.com.au is added to an ad blocking whitelist, it means advertising can be served on our site as an exception. Ads won’t be served on any other sites not on a whitelist.