Google Chrome blocks links opened in new tab

In Google Chrome, if I ctrl-click on a link to open it in a new tab, it is blocked by the Pop-Up blocker. How can I disable this behavior?

EDIT: I am not talking about disabling Pop-Up-Blocking in general. I am only talking about being able to ctrl-click on a single link and having the corresponding URL open in a new tab.

From the limited research I have done, this appears to be an issue with the latest Chrome update. Some have said it is an issue with the Ghostery extension, and when it is disabled functions as "normal". However many (myself included) do NOT have Ghostery installed and are still having the issue, although not on every link. Unfortunately, without allowing ALL pop-ups, I haven't found a resolution other than right-clicking on the link and selecting "open in new tab". This seems to mostly work. Suspect just have to wait until they get it fixed and issue a new update.

Try to update iThemes Security to 7.3.1 if you use it on WordPress ;)

"Bug Fix: Tabnapping: Apply noopener to links instead of using blankshield script when available to prevent new pop-up blocker behavior from killing the links."

If you are not in this case, you probably have a javascript event on your external links that is causing the issue.