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1 title=Adblock Plus parent eyeo announces members of independent Acceptable Ads C
ommittee | |
2 description=The criteria for what makes an ad acceptable, or not, for users of A
dBlock, Adblock Plus and Crystal is now in the hands of the Acceptable Ads Commi
ttee. | |
3 featured_img_url=/img/png/blog/acceptable-ads-committee-structure.png | |
4 featured_img_alt=Acceptable Ads committee structure diagram | |
5 author=Ben Williams | |
6 committee=true | |
7 published_date=2017-03-15 | |
8 template=blog-entry | |
9 breadcrumb=Independent committee | |
10 parent=blog/index | |
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12 eyeo, parent company of Adblock Plus, today officially announced the first membe
rs of the Acceptable Ads Committee (AAC), an independent group which will take o
ver control of its [Acceptable Ads program](https://acceptableads.com/). The Acc
eptable Ads program began in 2011, when Adblock Plus started letting users block
most ads, but permitting ads that met criteria for acceptability – so long as t
he user chose to participate. The AAC will take full authority over these criter
ia and the compromise between users who want to block intrusive ads and publishe
rs who rely on advertising revenues. | |
13 | |
14 Also, in an industry first, an ordinary user will be seated as one of the 11 com
mittee members to represent consumers’ demands of the online advertising indust
ry. | |
15 | |
16 The AAC will take over management of the [Acceptable Ads criteria](https://accep
tableads.com/en/about/criteria) and the rules for whitelisting that [Adblock Plu
s](https://adblockplus.org/en/about), [AdBlock](https://getadblock.com/), [Adblo
ck Browser](https://adblockbrowser.org/) and [Crystal](http://crystalapp.co/) al
l abide by to offer users the ability to block unwanted ads while allowing throu
gh better, more respectful ones for those users who choose to view ads. While ey
eo is facilitating the recruitment of the members constituting the initial AAC,
the various member groups represented on the committee itself will seat future c
ommittees. | |
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18 The AAC can have a maximum of 11 committee seats, representing nine member group
s. At this time, there are eight committee seats filled: two of the (three) digi
tal rights seats and the user seat have yet to be finalized. The user seat will
be filled at the end of an ongoing recruitment process over various social media
channels, and will represent the very first time that an actual user will have
an equal part in a decision-making process with advertising ecosystem profession
als. | |
19 | |
20 The full-time committee members who took a seat are listed here: | |
21 | |
22 [https://acceptableads.com/committee/members](https://acceptableads.com/committe
e/members). | |
23 | |
24 ### For-profit coalition {: #for-profit } | |
25 | |
26 Advertisers | |
27 : Breanna Fowler (Dell, seat) | |
28 | |
29 Ad-tech | |
30 : Ari Levenfeld (Rocket Fuel Inc., seat); Rakuten Marketing; Native Ads, Inc.
; Sharethrough; The Media Trust; BuySellAds.com Inc.; Criteo; ZEDO; Bidio, Inc.;
Instinctive, Inc.; Adtoma AB | |
31 | |
32 Advertising agencies | |
33 : Gabriel Cheng (M&C Saatchi Mobile, seat); The Tombras Group; Saatchi & Saa
tchi; TLGG; Schaaf-PartnerCentric; Look Listen | |
34 | |
35 Publishers and content creators | |
36 : Kenton Jacobsen (Condé Nast, seat); Dennis Publishing; Local Media Consorti
um; TED Talks; Leaf Group | |
37 | |
38 ### Expert coalition {: #experts } | |
39 | |
40 Creative agent | |
41 : [Open](https://acceptableads.com/en/committee/apply) | |
42 | |
43 Researcher | |
44 : Fran Howarth (Bloor Research International Ltd.) | |
45 | |
46 User agent | |
47 : Kenny Ye (叶智聪) (UC Web -maker of UC Browser, a subsidiary of Alibaba) | |
48 | |
49 ### User advocate coalition {: #user-advocates } | |
50 | |
51 ##### Digital rights organizations (x3): {: #digital-rights-organizations } | |
52 | |
53 - Holmes Wilson (Fight for the Future, seat) | |
54 - [Open](https://acceptableads.com/en/committee/apply) | |
55 - [Open](https://acceptableads.com/en/committee/apply) | |
56 | |
57 ##### Users {: #users } | |
58 | |
59 Recruiting starts March 15. | |
60 | |
61 The application process for joining the AAC is still ongoing and continuous. Int
erested parties should [please apply here](https://acceptableads.com/en/committe
e/apply). | |
62 | |
63 ### Acceptable Ads Committee {: #acceptable-ads-committee } | |
64 | |
65 The Acceptable Ads Committee (AAC) will be a formal committee of a nonprofit org
anization, Acceptable Ads Committee, Inc. The committee will meet at least two t
imes a year and will be comprised of up to 11 official members. While these 11 c
ommittee members will sit officially at the meetings, each member group may cont
ain up to 50 members; AAC members therefore are representatives of their respect
ive member groups and are in charge of facilitating conversations within said gr
oups regarding matters considered at AAC meetings. | |
66 | |
67 *This blog post has been corrected so that members listed here are aligned with
their respective listings on our accompanying [members page](https://acceptablea
ds.com/committee/members/).* | |
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