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Meta Removes Option for Brands to Exclude Ad Placements Across Apps

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Meta is discontinuing manual placement exclusions, forcing advertisers to rely on automated systems for app targeting across its network.

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Meta has eliminated advertisers' ability to manually exclude specific apps from their ad placements, instead routing all targeting decisions through an automated system. The shift means brands will lose granular control over which apps receive their promotions across Meta's platform, though the company frames automation as a way to optimize placement performance algorithmically.

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