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“We may suspend or terminate accounts tied to businesses or individuals who repeatedly violate our Advertising Policies or other terms.”
“Ads must not be fraudulent or deceptive. Your product or service must accurately match the content of your ad. Any claims in your ad must have factual support.”
“LinkedIn does not tolerate discrimination based on personal attributes such as age, gender, gender identity, disability, religion, ethnicity, race, color, national origin or sexual orientation.”
“Ads promoting financial products and services are restricted. This includes ads promoting products and services related to lending, mortgages, credit, investments and investment advising...”
“If you collect sensitive information on the site linked to the ad, you must use HTTPS. Sensitive information includes, but is not limited to, financial info, government-issued identification info...”
“Ads for illegal products, services and activities are prohibited. Ads must comply with all applicable laws, including laws covering what content is allowed in ads and how ads are targeted.”
This document sets the rules advertisers must follow to run ads on LinkedIn. Ads must be honest, legally compliant, and free of discrimination, and certain categories — including political ads and most prescription drug promotions — are banned outright. LinkedIn can reject or remove any ad at its sole discretion and can update these rules at any time without warning.
LinkedIn's Advertising Policies establish a comprehensive set of obligations and restrictions governing advertisers on the platform. Advertisers must ensure ads are non-deceptive, factually supported, and accurately representative of the promoted product or service, and must comply with all applicable laws governing ad content and targeting. LinkedIn prohibits categories of advertising including political ads, ads for illegal products or services, ads that discriminate on enumerated personal attributes, and ads targeting users based on sensitive data categories such as political affiliation, racial or ethnic origin, or health data. LinkedIn reserves sole discretion to reject, approve, or remove any ad for any reason, may suspend or terminate accounts for repeated violations, and may change its advertising policies at any time without notice.
For individual users, this document means that LinkedIn's rules prohibit advertisers from targeting them based on sensitive personal characteristics such as health data, political affiliation, or racial and ethnic origin, and ban ads that discriminate on the basis of age, gender, disability, religion, race, or sexual orientation. Ads shown on the platform are required to be non-deceptive and factually supported. LinkedIn may also remove ads or terminate advertiser accounts for violations of these rules, which shapes the advertising environment users encounter on the platform.
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“We may suspend or terminate accounts tied to businesses or individuals who repeatedly violate our Advertising Policies or other terms.”
“Ads must not be fraudulent or deceptive. Your product or service must accurately match the content of your ad. Any claims in your ad must have factual support.”
“LinkedIn does not tolerate discrimination based on personal attributes such as age, gender, gender identity, disability, religion, ethnicity, race, color, national origin or sexual orientation.”
“Ads promoting financial products and services are restricted. This includes ads promoting products and services related to lending, mortgages, credit, investments and investment advising...”
“If you collect sensitive information on the site linked to the ad, you must use HTTPS. Sensitive information includes, but is not limited to, financial info, government-issued identification info...”
“Ads for illegal products, services and activities are prohibited. Ads must comply with all applicable laws, including laws covering what content is allowed in ads and how ads are targeted.”
“We reserve the right to change our advertising policies at any time without notice.”
“We reserve the right to reject, approve, or remove any ad for any reason, in our sole discretion, including in response to user feedback.”
“Political ads are prohibited, including ads advocating for or against a particular candidate, party, ballot proposition, law, regulation, or otherwise intended to influence an election outcome...”
“Ads promoting prescription drugs are restricted and require prior authorization. Ads may only promote prescription drugs in the United States or Canada.”
“Ads must not target based on sensitive data or categories, including political affiliation or opinions, racial or ethnic origin, data concerning health...”
“Ads must not use trademarks belonging to third parties unless express permission has been granted by the trademark owner or as otherwise permitted by applicable law.”
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