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Source: http://www.breitbart.com/london/2016/07 ... ve-papers/After Chancellor Merkel intervened, however, the report on media convergence added a chapter on how newspapers could protect themselves against advertising blockers. The report deemed “legal provisions necessary” on the web browser extensions and software.
The media and advertising bodies argued that Germans are “not entitled to free information” so they should either pay to read mainstream advertisers’ websites or “tolerate” advertising.
While advertising blockers are already considered illegal, according to Golem, in order for the laws to be activated the commission advised that there should be a “legal and media policy requirement for a statutory prohibition of ad blockers”.
The report recommends that Germany implements geoblocking software. This would bar Germans from downloading ad blocking programs, and would bar them from adding advert-blocking browser add-ons.