Adblocking is a 'modern-day protection racket', says culture secretary

John Whittingdale offers support to the newspaper and music industries and others hit by the software, adding he will set up a round table on the issue

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Adblocking companies acting as a "modern-day protection racket" have been slammed by culture secretary John Whittingdale, who offered government support to those such as newspaper websites hit by the technology.

In a speech at the Oxford Media Convention, the culture secretary said the fast-growing use of software that blocked advertising presented an existential threat to the newspaper and music industries.