Political ad or campaign merchandise

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What triggers it

A promoted Pin for or against candidates, parties or PACs, political issues meant to influence an election, legislation or referendums, or political campaign merchandise.

What Pinterest says

“The election or defeat of political candidates running for public office, including fundraising for political candidates or parties”
Pinterest Advertising Guidelines
Official source: policy.pinterest.com/en/advertising-guidelines

How to fix it

Don't promote political content as an ad on Pinterest.

Good to know

Organic political opinion is allowed if it is not misinformation.

Can FYProof spot it?

A full check of your video looks for it in what's shown, what's said, the words on screen and the caption. What a check finds is an estimate, not a guarantee.

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  • On-screen text: looked at for this rule
  • Caption: looked at for this rule
  • Hashtags: not for this rule

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