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This prohibition spans all media formats—text, image, audio, and video—and applies specifically where the content is intended to arouse, establishing intent as a defining element of the restriction.
Readers who place ads may not use text, images, audio, or video of graphic sexual acts intended to arouse.
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We don't allow Content that includes negative comments about identifiable individuals outside of this group.
User Content may not: be unlawful, libelous, defamatory, obscene, pornographic, indecent, lewd, suggestive, harassing, threatening, invasive of privacy or publicity rights, abusive, inflammatory or fraudulent
Can't associate the consumption of alcohol to enhanced physical performance, improved social standing or better sexual success
"Text, image, audio, or video of graphic sexual acts intended to arouseExcerpt from Google Ads's Prohibited Content Policy
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This prohibition spans all media formats—text, image, audio, and video—and applies specifically where the content is intended to arouse, establishing intent as a defining element of the restriction.
Readers who place ads may not use text, images, audio, or video of graphic sexual acts intended to arouse.
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