“Content promoting or facilitating child sexual abuse or exploitation, including child sexual abuse material...All content, whether real, fictional, simulated, cartoon, AI-generated, or photoshopped is prohibited...”
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The explicit enumeration of all content formats, including AI-generated and fictional material, closes potential loopholes that might otherwise be used to argue certain formats are permissible.
Interpretive note: The ellipsis in the excerpt between 'child sexual abuse material' and 'All content' may indicate omitted text in the original policy; the canonical claim bridges this gap only as far as the quoted language supports.
Readers who place ads are prohibited from running any content that promotes or facilitates child sexual abuse or exploitation in any format whatsoever.
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"Content promoting or facilitating child sexual abuse or exploitation, including child sexual abuse material...All content, whether real, fictional, simulated, cartoon, AI-generated, or photoshopped is prohibited...Excerpt from Google Ads's Prohibited Content Policy
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The explicit enumeration of all content formats, including AI-generated and fictional material, closes potential loopholes that might otherwise be used to argue certain formats are permissible.
Readers who place ads are prohibited from running any content that promotes or facilitates child sexual abuse or exploitation in any format whatsoever.
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