YouTube's anti-Ad Block measures are interfering with Brave Shields. Videos do not play, they get stuck at 00:00 seconds. Auto-play doesn't function either. Need to refresh page for every new video

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Description of the issue: YouTube videos do not play without refreshing the page or turning off the Brave Shields and turning them back on again. The auto-play doesn’t work as well, videos just stop playing after going to the next video. You have to refresh the page and do the whole song and dance again to make the video play. Sometimes, ads start playing even with Brave shields on.

Exact URL of the website in question: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HSOtHokZrEc&list=RDfiDeCfooidg&index=4

Screenshot of the ad as it appears in Brave:

Did the issue present with default Shields settings? (yes/no) Yes

Does the site function as expected when Shields are turned off? Yes

Does the ad appear when using a Private window as well? (yes/no) Yes

What OS are you using when you see the ad? Windows 11

Brave version (check About Brave): 1.94.117

Been having that same issue. Tried blocking scripts and allowing them one by one until I got a state things worked correctly in. Found that going to brave://settings/shields/filters and adding https://static.doubleclick.net/* as a custom filter fixes the issue.