Ads on economic times website are not blocked

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Description of the issue:
Ads not blocked on economic times website

How can this issue be reproduced?

  1. Open m.economictimes.com
  2. You will see ad at the top. Screenshot attached.

Expected result:
Ad must not be displayed

Brave Version( check About Brave):
Brave - Beta 1.76.47, Chromium 133.0.6943.27

Mobile Device details
Realme 10 pro+
Android 14; Build/UKQ1.230924.001

Additional Information:
Can be reproduced in all builds.

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A lot of info, follows, in order to provide you with tools that you might use, to solve your issue.

At your website of interest, Brave Shields revealed the following list of JavaScripts, sources of JavaScripts, sources of some ads:
  • accounts.google.com/gsi/client
  • ade.clmbtech.com
  • assets.toiimg.com
  • c.amazon-adsystem.com/aax2/apstag.js
  • c.go-mpulse.net/boomerang/KY9J6-H7E3C-JE2Z4-GP844-RCBW6
  • cdn.cookielaw.org/consent/9c436ed7-68da-4e62-86c3-bc55a27afd97/otSDKStub.js
  • cdn.mouseflow.com/projects/81baae85-f91c-464e-ac38-15a987752b7a.js
  • code.highcharts.com/stock/highstock.js
  • dynamic.criteo.com/js/ld/ld.js?a=103030
  • economictimes.indiatimes.com
  • json.bselivefeeds.indiatimes.com
  • pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/js/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-1902173858658913
  • rtbcdn.andbeyond.media/prod-global-34387.js
  • sb.scorecardresearch.com/cs/6036484/beacon.js
  • securepubads.g.doubleclick.net/tag/js/gpt.js?network-code=7176
  • static.clmbtech.com
  • static.growthrx.in/js/v2/web-sdk.js
  • survey.survicate.com/workspaces/0be6ae9845d14a7c8ff08a7a00bd9b21/web_surveys.js
  • timesofindia.indiatimes.com/etads_v2/minify-1.cms
  • www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js
  • www.googletagmanager.com

At a glance, that stack may seem like an impossible task to understand, but I put the list there, in order for you to see how you can gain control and resolve your issue:

Using Brave Shields, I allow:

  • economictimes.indiatimes.com

and that allows me to tour the website of interest. At the same time, much of the advertising is not displayed.

Using Brave Shields - I have more success, with:

  • Brave Shields UP
  • Either Allow All Cookies or Block 3rd Party Cookies, but NOT Blocking All Cookies
  • Allowing JavaScripts from specific sources, but NOT Allowing All JavaScripts
  • Trackers & Ads treatment: Aggressive (at first), and then incrementally relaxing that setting
  • Fingerprinting (aka footprinting) blocking: Strict (at first), and then incrementally relaxing that setting

I almost NEVER use:

  • All of Brave Shields UP
  • All of Brave Shields DOWN

Study:

Shields Basics

https://support.brave.com/hc/en-us/categories/360001053072-Shields

How do I configure global and site-specific Shields settings?

https://support.brave.com/hc/en-us/articles/360023646212-How-do-I-configure-global-and-site-specific-Shields-settings

How do I use Shields while browsing?

https://support.brave.com/hc/en-us/articles/360022806212-How-do-I-use-Shields-while-browsing

You can learn how to hide / block ads:

https://support.brave.com/hc/en-us/articles/360018039072-How-do-I-use-the-Content-Filter-to-block-elements-on-a-webpage

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Is this the solution? Read your reply could not understand what will fix the ad shown on the website. Could you please narrow down the solution which you used to block the ad which is shown in the screenshot I provided?

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Thanks for the time spent on the detailed reply, but I was looking for a quick fix for the issue like a filter list.
It is quite obvious that this issue is with brave because if I use adguard filters on firefox these ads are not shown.
Even samsung internet browser with adblock plus having adguard base and mobile filters blocks the ads on economic times website.

Located here
https://raw.githubusercontent.com/AdguardTeam/FiltersRegistry/master/filters/filter_11_Mobile/filter.txt

When I use the same base and mobile filters on brave nightly and beta, instead of blocking the ad whole website breaks.

Thanks for the time and reply by the way. Appreciate it.

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Brave team member @fanboynz will probably be able to help you.

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