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Pixalate Week in Review: February 21-25, 2022

Piotr Boiwka
Feb 25, 2022 7:00:00 PM

This week's review of ad fraud and privacy in the digital advertising space.

9 Russian state-owned mobile apps available in Google, Apple stores are on OFAC sanctioned-entities list and selling programmatic ads

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On February 24, 2022, OFAC updated its Russian-related designations and included YooMoney on its correspondent account or a payable-through account (CAPTA) list of sanctioned companies under Executive Order 14024 Directive 2, which covers “prohibitions related to correspondent or payable-through accounts and processing of transactions involving certain foreign financial institutions.”

There are 9 apps from YooMoney available for download on the Google and Apple app stores as of February 25, 2022. In 2020, YooMoney (then operating as Yandex.Money) was wholly acquired by Sberbank, a state-owned Russian bank.

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Roku introduced Advertising Watermark to reduce ad spoofing

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Roku introduced Advertising Watermark, validating the authenticity of video ads and users viewing the ad. "Roku’s Advertising Watermark integrates with the Roku operating system to automatically verify publisher ad requests and impressions so that advertisers know they are reaching genuine Roku users," informs Roku in the press release.

Publishers test alternatives to abandon Google's AMP framework

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Some large online publishers, including Vox Media, BuzzFeed, and Bustle, explore alternatives to Google's AMP due to generating less advertising revenue than potential other solutions. According to The Wall Street Journal, the publishers expect to generate at least 20% more revenue than with AMP and without a significant change to site latency.

Meta mobile ad spending splits after Apple's privacy changes

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"Apple’s 2021 privacy updates have advertisers approaching iOS with caution and accelerating their investment in Android. Last May, soon after the changes rolled out, US Meta ad spending rose at about the same pace on both types of mobile devices. By the end of December, growth on iOS had slowed to 3% year over year, while Android’s soared to 101%," informs eMarketer.

Linear TV ad frequency remains excessive 

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TV viewers in Europe and the US still perceive linear TV ads frequency as too high. "Ninety-two percent of U.S. viewers surveyed in 2021 believe “they see the same advertisements too many times when watching linear TV,” according to a new study by Audience Project. "The study also generally shows high percentages for advertising 'irrelevance' on linear TV, although in the U.S. this was lower than most European countries, with a 46% score compared to 70% in the U.K., Germany (73%); Denmark (68%); Sweden (55%); Norway (57%); and Finland (63%)," informs MediaPost.

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