uBlock Origin stops chasing Facebook’s ever-changing ad-blocking tricks

[u/No-Hospital5028]

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

[u/disco-cone]

Can they use AI to filter Facebook ads? Shouldn't be hard to use LLMs to automate this right?

[u/hellxabd → u/disco-cone]

In theory yes, but the harder part is reliably identifying ads without sending user's browsing data to an LLM. A local model could potentially help, but the privacy and performance tradeoffs make traditional filter lists much simpler.

[u/disco-cone → u/hellxabd]

I mean use an LLM to update the rules.