# Banner ads autoplaying video

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/banner-ads-autoplaying-video/672968>\
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**Created:** [November 3, 2013, 6:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/banner-ads-autoplaying-video/672968 "2013-11-03T06:37:29Z")\
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**Author:** ![appleciders](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/85f322/32.png) [@appleciders](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/appleciders)\
**Post date:** [November 3, 2013, 6:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/banner-ads-autoplaying-video/672968/1 "2013-11-03T06:37:29Z")

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I just got a banner ad for Airborne (the homeopathic cold “drug”) that autoplayed a video. Doesn’t the board usually prevent those ads?