Brave’s latest news

Update on GDPR complaint (RTB ad auctions)

Jan 28, 2019

Brave and co-complainants in Poland, Ireland, and the UK submit new evidence about massive adtech leakage of highly intimate data.

Brave alerts the FTC about two major problems in digital media & services markets

Jan 22, 2019

Big tech companies "cross-use" user data from one part of their business to prop up others. This hurts innovation & choice. The FTC must investigate. Plus, the GDPR is emerging as a defacto international standard. Whether this helps or harms United States firms will be determined by whether the United States enacts and actively enforces robust federal privacy laws.

AMA with Tom Lowenthal

Jan 17, 2019

The most recent AMA took place on January 16th and featured Tom Lowenthal, Brave’s Privacy & Security Product Manager.

Brave Previews Opt-in Ads in Desktop Browser Developer Channel

Jan 15, 2019

Today we’re previewing our new digital advertising model in Brave’s Developer channel. Developers and testers using the latest desktop browser build for macOS and Windows can activate opt-in Brave Ads within the Brave Rewards settings in the browser.

Brave passes 5.5 million monthly active users and features over 28,000 Verified Publishers

Jan 5, 2019

As we look ahead to 2019 and our upcoming Brave 1.0 release with Brave Ads that will reward users for their attention with Basic Attention Tokens (BAT), we wanted to share some of our 2018 milestones and thank our users and partners for their support during this busy year.

Brave Rewards Update

Dec 22, 2018

Brave Rewards is our anonymous donation system integrated directly into the Brave desktop browser.

New BAT Tipping Banner for Brave Creators, Available with Today’s Desktop Browser Update

Dec 20, 2018

Along with this update, Brave-verified publishers and creators can customize Tipping Banners for their sites, YouTube channels, or Twitch streams, in order to directly connect with the audiences that wish to seamlessly reward their content.

Brave Software Joins AdLedger

Dec 19, 2018

AdLedger, the non-profit research and development consortium building and implementing the blockchain standards for digital advertising, today announced that Brave Software, an innovative privacy browser combined with a blockchain-based digital advertising platform, is joining the collective.

AMA with Ryan Watson and Kamil Jozwiak

Dec 13, 2018

The most recent AMA took place on December 12th and featured Ryan Watson, IT & Operations Manager, and Kamil Jozwiak, QA Lead at Brave.

New Brave version now available for download for iPhones and iPads, with significant performance gains

Dec 12, 2018

We are excited to announce that the latest version of Brave (1.7) for iOS is now available for download at the App Store.

Brave Upgrades Users of its Desktop Browser to its Redesigned, Faster Version

Dec 7, 2018

New Chromium-based release automatically replaces previous Muon-based version with seamless migration

Brave requests European Commission antitrust examination of online ad market

Dec 4, 2018

Investigation needed to stop anticompetitive practices that hurt publishers, restrict innovation, and limit consumer choice.

38 businesses and organizations urge European Governments to break ePrivacy deadlock

Dec 3, 2018

Brave and a coalition of more than 30 businesses and organizations urges European Governments to break the deadlock on the ePrivacy Regulation in an open letter.

AMA with Alex Wykoff

Nov 29, 2018

The most recent AMA took place on November 28th and featured Alex Wykoff, User Research at Brave.

“Best of the Brave” Video Contest Winners Are Rewarded with 115K BAT

Nov 27, 2018

On September 26, we launched a video contest for Brave-verified online publishers and creators. Participants were asked to upload a video to YouTube in order to celebrate our recent milestone of 4 million monthly active users and explain why they’re excited about our vision and products.

AMA with Luke Mulks

Nov 26, 2018

The most recent AMA took place on November 21st and featured Luke Mulks, Director of Business Development (and ad tech expert) at Brave.

French regulator shows deep flaws in IAB’s consent framework and RTB

Nov 20, 2018

French regulator's decision against Vectaury confirms that IAB “Transparency & Consent Framework” does not obtain valid consent, and illustrates how even tiny adtech companies can unlawfully gather millions of people’s personal data from the online advertising “real time bidding system” (RTB).