--- title: "Pixalate Week in Review: February 14-18, 2022" description: Pixalate reviews this week's news in the programmatic ad fraud space. Find the most critical ad tech and privacy news from February 14-18, 2022. image: https://www.pixalate.com/hubfs/PIXALATE%20WEEK%20IN%20REVIEW%20February%2014-18%2c%202022%20.png --- [![pixalate-full-logo](https://www.pixalate.com/hs-fs/hubfs/Pixalate_Logos/pixalate-full-logo.jpg?width=150&height=60&name=pixalate-full-logo.jpg "pixalate-full-logo")](https://www.pixalate.com) Search **Menu** ** ** ![](https://www.pixalate.com/hubfs/Blog_Media/Blog%20photos/pixalate-blog-bg.png) [Weekly Recaps](https://www.pixalate.com/blog/topic/weekly-recaps) | 2 min read # Pixalate Week in Review: February 14-18, 2022 [![Piotr Boiwka](https://www.pixalate.com/hubfs/T04HJ6UKU-U020R2VVALF-e2a0de641049-512.jpg)](https://www.pixalate.com/blog/author/piotr-boiwka) Written by [Piotr Boiwka](https://www.pixalate.com/blog/author/piotr-boiwka) Feb 18, 2022 4:30:00 PM This week's review of ad fraud and privacy in the digital advertising space. ## New children's online safety bill revealed by senators ## ![privacy](https://www.pixalate.com/hs-fs/hubfs/Blog_Media/Blog%20photos/privacy.png?width=600&name=privacy.png) A bipartisan pair of senators introduced a new privacy bill protecting children, aiming to give parents more control over how their kids spend time online. "The Kids Online Safety Act would require online platforms to provide parents and minors younger than 16 with “easy-to-use” tools to keep them safe, limit screen time and protect their data. It would demand that companies create tools to allow parents to track how much time their kids spend on a service, or to opt out of features such as autoplay that might extend time online," [informs Washington Post](https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2022/02/16/kids-online-safety-act-unveiled-blackburn-blumenthal/). ## Android will have its own Privacy Sandbox ### ![android-device-holding](https://www.pixalate.com/hs-fs/hubfs/Blog_Media/Blog%20photos/android-device-holding.png?width=600&name=android-device-holding.png) Google will soon reveal a space for developers to send proposals over more privacy-oriented solutions, potentially replacing Android Ad ID. However, according to an Android executive, Android Ad ID will stay with us for at least two more years. "The Android Privacy Sandbox builds on the third-party cookie-related work already being done in the Chrome version of the Sandbox. The initial goal is to support a handful of primary advertising use cases: targeting, retargeting, attribution and measurement," [explains AdExchanger](https://www.adexchanger.com/privacy/android-gets-its-own-privacy-sandbox-and-goodbye-google-ad-id-in-two-years-maybe/). ## Ad spend growing for 11th consecutive month, jumped by 19% in January ### ![rising-money](https://www.pixalate.com/hs-fs/hubfs/Blog_Media/Blog%20photos/rising-money.jpg?width=600&name=rising-money.jpg) After a relatively calm December (rise by 1.4%), the ad market jumped significantly in January. "The ad year began with a 19.2% surge in spending in January vs. the same month a year ago, marketing the 11th consecutive month of post-COVID gains for the U.S. ad marketplace," [according to MediaPost estimations](https://www.mediapost.com/publications/article/371299/ad-spending-surges-19-in-january-expands-for-11t.html). ## ViacomCBS has changed its name to Paramount ### ![connected-tv-ott-apps-remote](https://www.pixalate.com/hs-fs/hubfs/Blog_Media/Blog%20photos/connected-tv-ott-apps-remote.jpg?width=600&name=connected-tv-ott-apps-remote.jpg) ViacomCBS has changed its name to Paramount Global. The new name "reflects the power of our content; one that reflects our role as stewards of a rich heritage and as leaders in the future of entertainment," explain Paramount executives in a joint memo, [per MediaPost](https://www.mediapost.com/publications/article/371241/viacomcbs-changing-name-to-paramount-posts-48-ga.html). ## Google will not phase out cookies without CMA's approval ### ![google-chrome-privacy](https://www.pixalate.com/hs-fs/hubfs/Blog_Media/Blog%20photos/google-chrome-privacy.png?width=600&name=google-chrome-privacy.png) Google agreed with the British competition authority CMA to address anti-competition concerns over phasing out third party cookies and Privacy Sandbox. "Google has agreed not to remove third-party cookies until the CMA “is satisfied that its competition concerns have been addressed.” The CMA’s main worry is that phasing out third-party cookies in Chrome will give Google an unfair advantage in the digital ad market," [informs AdExchanger](https://www.adexchanger.com/privacy/google-gets-hit-with-another-antitrust-complaint-on-the-same-day-it-strikes-a-privacy-sandbox-deal-with-the-uks-cma/). 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