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Placing compliance responsibility on the advertiser means Meta Ads can hold advertisers accountable for violations regardless of whether Meta affirmatively informed them of a specific rule.
Advertisers bear the duty to know and follow all applicable Meta policies and local laws; ignorance of a rule is not a defense.
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Placing compliance responsibility on the advertiser means Meta Ads can hold advertisers accountable for violations regardless of whether Meta affirmatively informed them of a specific rule.
Advertisers bear the duty to know and follow all applicable Meta policies and local laws; ignorance of a rule is not a defense.
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