U.K. Bans Puberty Blockers for Teens Indefinitely A freeze placed this year on their use to treat gender dysphoria will remain in place for young people under 18, except in clinical trials, Britain’s government said.

U.S. Study on Puberty Blockers Goes Unpublished Because of Politics, Doctor Says The leader of the long-running study said that the drugs did not improve mental health in children with gender distress and that the finding might be weaponized by opponents of the care.

YouTube Is Experimenting With a Way to Kill Ad Blockers for Good YouTube really wants you to pay for Premium, or deal with its ads.

YouTube says it’s not slowing down Firefox — just ad blockers Illustration: Alex Castro / The VergeUsers on Reddit and Hacker News are complaining that YouTube seems to have inserted an intentional five-second delay before video pages will load in Mozilla’s Firefox and occasionally some other browsers. YouTube tells The Verge that these users are right about the delay, but the browser has nothing to do wit…

Google’s revised Chrome extension standard loosens restrictions on ad blockers Illustration: The VergeGoogle has shared an updated timeline about Manifest V3, the latest version of its Chrome extension specification that has faced criticism for putting limits on ad blockers. After putting the update on pause last year, Google announced on Thursday it will continue the transition to Manifest V3 with some key changes. One of…

YouTube is getting serious about blocking ad blockers Illustration by Alex Castro / The VergeYouTube is broadening its efforts to crack down on ad blockers. The platform has “launched a global effort” to encourage users to allow ads or try YouTube Premium, YouTube communications manager Christopher Lawton says in a statement provided to The Verge. If you run into YouTube’s block, you may see a noti…