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Sole discretion over approval and removal means advertisers have no contractual guarantee that any ad will be accepted or remain live.
Advertisers cannot require Meta Ads to run or maintain any ad; Meta Ads retains absolute discretion to reject, approve, or remove any ad for any reason.
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Sole discretion over approval and removal means advertisers have no contractual guarantee that any ad will be accepted or remain live.
Advertisers cannot require Meta Ads to run or maintain any ad; Meta Ads retains absolute discretion to reject, approve, or remove any ad for any reason.
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