YouTube Chinese interference

I have the exact same problem... OFF of Roku! I just did a search and signed on here so I could reply. The last three nights when watching YouTube, same thing happened; two were Asian women doing hobbies... one was something else-- forget what. If others are having this problem, then I imagine it's not my PC alone that is hacked, but some nationwide thing that we ought to be aware of. It's not a commercial, so whoever said the problem is "solved", doesn't understand what's going on. It's scary.

I am getting these way too often. An Asian woman crocheting or a group of Asian men eating. It’s NOT an ad!  It will just break into the program on you tube and never go off until you log off and back in. I’m convinced it has something to do with that Chinese spy balloon that went completely across the USA a while back. They have gathered information that allows them to do this. It’s unwanted and probably criminal and definitely some type of aggressive move towards us. A trial run of something more that will be coming is my thought. I am going to take action. Write to your congressman.  He more the better.  

So I experienced this too and can confirm that Daecon has the correct explanation. 

This is due to third party YT channels highjacking a video, giving it an outrageous title so that you'll be drawn to click, then they cut off the news item to some random video of people going about their very boring daily life. 

My advice is if you are wanting to see a CNN or MSNBC or NBC (it seems to be the main targets in my experiencw) just do a search for the channel itself then go to their own video listings to find what you are after.... So boring that YT does not ban these idjits... 

Thanks to Daecon for his explanation! 

It's happening to us as well. About halfway through a news video on Youtube, it cuts off and a Chinese girl is coloring a picture.

I've seen similar commentary online.

Some feel like it's a hacking test by a foreign country for a more widescale attack. (Conspiracy theory) Or maybe it's something harmless.

The videos are not original. Notice the user name. It's a video edited and posted by some user. They get the money from the ads. Block the user and you're cleared from him. 

• It's happening to us as well. About halfway through a news video on Youtube, it cuts off and a Chinese girl is coloring a picture.

  I've seen similar commentary online.

  Some feel like it's a hacking test by a foreign country for a more widescale attack. (Conspiracy theory) Or maybe it's something harmless.

Yep. Only on that channel. Totally suspect. I was complaining out loud about how the incident felt very communist with the knitting videos. 

And now we're seeing the inside of a garage all the time intercepting the video. No more Asian Knitters just the inside of somebody's dirty garage. Boy oh boy it's something else. Feels planted.

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I am also getting this Asian girl coloring or Asians dining and chatting,  they seem to com eon any video that is Anti Trump.  so it looks like the Chinese are starting to interfere in the election process by blocking anything that is anti Trump,  IT should be reported to the Election commissions as an attempt to interfere with the US elections by a Foreign nation

Also there's no ads or clickbait on mine. It just intercepts and interrupts what I'm watching.