Meta says its rejection of ads promoting the new documentary about Elon Musk "was an error and the ads are being restored"; YouTube is also allowing the ads
THE SO WHAT
Ad policy around political and personality-driven content is now a real-time negotiation between platforms, campaigns, and public scrutiny. If your growth depends on paid distribution of contentious narratives, build for reversals and manual review delays as a normal operating cost.
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