The policy prohibits ads that use cloaking, destination disguising, or other deceptive techniques to bypass Google's ad review process. Cloaking is defined as showing different content to Google's review systems than to end users.
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This provision establishes that any technical or operational measure designed to present different content to Google's review infrastructure than to end users constitutes a policy violation, creating account-level enforcement exposure for technical implementation choices made by advertisers or their agencies.
The agreement prohibits advertisers from using cloaking or destination-disguising techniques to bypass Google's ad review, meaning ads and their associated destinations must present consistent content to both Google's systems and end users.
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"Circumventing systems: We do not allow ads that are designed to circumvent Google's ad review process. This includes techniques that disguise the ad's true destination, cloaking (showing different content to Google than to users), or using other deceptive techniques to bypass our review systems.Excerpt from Google Ads's Advertising Policies Overview
1) REGULATORY LANDSCAPE: Cloaking and deceptive destination practices interact with FTC Act section 5 prohibitions on deceptive advertising and unfair trade practices.
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This provision establishes that any technical or operational measure designed to present different content to Google's review infrastructure than to end users constitutes a policy violation, creating account-level enforcement exposure for technical implementation choices made by advertisers or their agencies.
The agreement prohibits advertisers from using cloaking or destination-disguising techniques to bypass Google's ad review, meaning ads and their associated destinations must present consistent content to both Google's systems and end users.
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