Yahoo Says No to Microsoft's 'Do Not Track' Browser

Others expected to follow suit

Yahoo said it will not recognize Microsoft's controversial default 'do not track' signal on its new Internet Explorer browser, which shipped to release with Windows 8 on Friday.

The Internet advertising community has just about had it with Microsoft's decision to set its DNT feature to "on" by default  because it undercut an industry pledge to come up with an "opt-in" DNT feature by the end of the year.

"In principle, we support 'Do Not Track (DNT).

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