The Advertising Standards apply across all Meta-owned platforms where ads may appear, including Facebook, Instagram, Messenger, and the Audience Network of third-party apps.
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Advertisers should understand that a single set of standards governs placements across multiple platforms and third-party surfaces, meaning a policy violation can affect ad delivery across all of these placements simultaneously.
Interpretive note: Verbatim clause language could not be extracted due to document truncation; characterization is based on the document's stated title and publicly known scope of Meta's Advertising Standards.
For users, this means the same advertising rules — including targeting and content restrictions — apply whether they encounter a Meta ad on Facebook, Instagram, or a third-party app in Meta's Audience Network.
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(1) REGULATORY LANDSCAPE: The cross-platform scope of the Advertising Standards engages GDPR's requirements on data sharing across platforms and the DSA's obligations applicable to Meta as a designated Very Large Online Platform.
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Advertisers should understand that a single set of standards governs placements across multiple platforms and third-party surfaces, meaning a policy violation can affect ad delivery across all of these placements simultaneously.
For users, this means the same advertising rules — including targeting and content restrictions — apply whether they encounter a Meta ad on Facebook, Instagram, or a third-party app in Meta's Audience Network.
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