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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 |  | 
|  11  |  | 
|  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. |  | 
|  17  |  | 
|  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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