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Audience Tools Must Be Used Without Discrimination

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Key Facts

How must audience options be used?
Meta requires that its audience options, like all audience selection tools on Facebook, be used in ways that are inclusive and not discriminatory.
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ConductAtlas Analysis

Why it matters (compliance & governance perspective)

This requirement places an affirmative obligation on advertisers to ensure their use of targeting tools meets an inclusivity and non-discrimination standard, not merely a prohibition on overt exclusion.

Clause Stability Stable

0
Changes
3
Months Monitored
Jul 10, 2026
First Seen
Jul 10, 2026
Last Seen
This clause type exists across 4244 other provisions on other platforms.

Consumer impact (what this means for users)

Readers can expect that advertisers are prohibited from using Meta's audience tools in discriminatory ways.

How other platforms handle this

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Mailchimp Medium

You may only use Mailchimp in accordance with these best practices, and we may suspend or terminate your account if you violate them.

Hulu Medium

index, frame, embed or link to the Services in a manner not authorized by us, or to collect information about users for the purpose of sending, facilitating, or encouraging unsolicited bulk or other communications

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Our audience options, like all audience selection tools on Facebook, must be used in ways that are inclusive and not discriminatory.

Excerpt from Meta's Special Ad Category Requirements

Applicable regulations

CFAA
United States Federal
DMCA
United States Federal
DSA
European Union

Provision details

Document information
Document
Meta Special Ad Category Requirements
Entity
Meta
Document last updated
May 20, 2026
Tracking information
First tracked
May 20, 2026
Last verified
May 20, 2026
Record ID
CA-P-063843
Document ID
CA-D-00866
Evidence Provenance
Source URL
Wayback Machine
Content hash (SHA-256)
4de5640b47cd9236ada309faebf35313a7ab697822066d095fcfd9e4f5d27eef
Analysis generated
May 20, 2026 18:42 UTC
Methodology
Evidence
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Citation Record
Entity: Meta
Document: Meta Special Ad Category Requirements
Record ID: CA-P-063843
Captured: 2026-05-20 18:42:43 UTC
SHA-256: 4de5640b47cd9236…
URL: https://conductatlas.com/platform/meta/meta-special-ad-category-requirements/provision/CA-P-063843/audience-tools-must-be-used-without-discrimination/
Accessed: Aug. 18, 2026
Permanent archival reference. Stable identifier suitable for legal filings, compliance documentation, and research citation.
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Frequently Asked Questions

What does Meta's Audience Tools Must Be Used Without Discrimination clause do?

This requirement places an affirmative obligation on advertisers to ensure their use of targeting tools meets an inclusivity and non-discrimination standard, not merely a prohibition on overt exclusion.

How does this clause affect you?

Readers can expect that advertisers are prohibited from using Meta's audience tools in discriminatory ways.

How many platforms have this type of clause?

ConductAtlas has identified this type of provision across 282 platforms. See the full comparison.

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