"Block" YouTube channels

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My children are sometimes watching great YouTube channels, I’ve created an automation that switches away from those channels. Only thing is that I would like to randomize the video it changes to.

alias: Turn off YouTube videos
description: ""
trigger:
  - platform: state
    entity_id:
      - media_player.chromecast
    attribute: media_artist
    to:
      - KOETLIFE
      - MICK
      - MICK 2
      - Mickvanyoutube
      - Mick & Giel
      - Giel
      - GIEL
      - Noobspeler
      - Kriekel
      - Alex Klein
      - Alex Klein 2
      - Santino
      - TopNL
      - Jessy Knijn
      - Serial     
      - FAMILIE LAKAP
      - LAKAP JUNIOR
      - DE BELLiNGA'S
      - Familie Hauser
    for:
      hours: 0
      minutes: 0
      seconds: 2
condition: []
action:
  - service: media_player.play_media
    target:
      entity_id: media_player.chromecast
    data:
      media_content_id: " { \"app_name\": \"youtube\", \"playlist_id\": \"PLC800B9699743BD19\", \"media_id\": \"iqYK79jCssA\" }"
      media_content_type: cast
  - service: media_player.media_next_track
    data: {}
    target:
      entity_id: media_player.chromecast
mode: single

Better would be to block these channels on my entire network, but I haven’t found a suitable method (yet).

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