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Meta has restricted our placements due to social issues, elections or politics

  • March 5, 2026
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Hey everyone, 

We’ve been running some ads to sign a petition on Meta for a while. We’re set up to run ads that fall under Meta’s ‘special ad category’ and haven’t had any issues with this campaign historically. On some placements, we’re not getting an error: ‘'Placement Not Available: We can't provide a preview because the placement you selected isn't available for ads about social issues, elections or politics.'

Has anyone else had this issue and were you able to resolve it? 

Thanks,

Prue

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Max Pete
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  • March 5, 2026

Good question ​@prue.watson

tagging some folks here who have Meta ad experience and might be able to help. ​@tescalante, ​@jazmin.jackson, ​@kayla.stephens, ​@kate.meyers emery, ​@melissa.macgregor, and ​@corrine.dorrian 


kate.meyers emery
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Are you doing automatic placements when you set it up? Try switching to manual placements and check only Facebook/Instagram. My guess is that because it opens up placements on partner websites automatically, it’s saying you can’t be there with special interest ads anymore.