Ad-blocking is set to non-aggressive
Any custom filters or lists in brave://adblock ? Mine is on zero
for YouTube, Brave and Google Search - none
This is fashionably late as I just found out about this, but this feels similar to something that the Privacy Badger extension mentioned. The reason Shields might be acting on something on Brave Search when tracker blocking is not set to Aggressive is because of something Privacy Badger identifies as “Link tracking.” The things Shields may be blocking come as a result of this. I know GitHub and Fandom (if not accessed via BreezeWiki) also have link tracking that Shields responds to and blocks.
Here’s Privacy Badger’s explanation: https://privacybadger.org/#What-about-tracking-by-the-sites-I-actively-visit%2C-like-NYTimes.com-or-Facebook.com
Not sure how much this helps, or if it was already figured out since the last post here, but I’m doing it anyway.