Oh, niiiice

[sigma7]

I assume it applies only to free/sponsored+ users, but still. Via /.: "The community/blogging site LiveJournal recently introduced ads on some pages for free users. More interestingly, they also added a new restriction to their TOS (XVI 17 b.) banning users from using or providing ad-blocking software. The new TOS also permits them to immediately terminate the account of anyone they catch doing this."

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[sigma7.livejournal.com]

It certainly does seem to imply such. Maybe there's unwritten policies -- you know, if you only do this as a matter of habit or to deliberately undermine the advertising portion of the Sponsored+ membership level will they take action -- but the letter of the TOS is pretty harsh.

Of course, one of the Slashdot comments had a good point that EULAs and TOSs can be edited arbitrarily by one party, without negotiation, and as such, that hardly constitutes a valid contract. And while I can see LJ/SA's rationale for this rule, instituting it in this manner (very very quietly with no clarification) is hardly in good faith.