Meta reserves the right to reject or remove any ad for any reason including that the ad is contrary to Meta's competitive position or interests, without specifying procedural constraints on this determination.
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This provision establishes a discretionary removal authority extending beyond policy-based content violations to include competitive or relational considerations, and does not specify an appeal pathway specific to removals made on these grounds.
Under this clause, advertisers may have ads removed on grounds other than content policy violations, including competitive interest, with limited recourse defined in the document for this specific removal basis.
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Compare across platforms →"We reserve the right to reject, approve or remove any ad for any reason, at our sole discretion, including ads that negatively affect our relationship with our users or that promote content, services or activities contrary to our competitive position, interests or advertising philosophy.Excerpt from Meta Ads's Meta Advertising Policies
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This provision establishes a discretionary removal authority extending beyond policy-based content violations to include competitive or relational considerations, and does not specify an appeal pathway specific to removals made on these grounds.
Under this clause, advertisers may have ads removed on grounds other than content policy violations, including competitive interest, with limited recourse defined in the document for this specific removal basis.
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