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Meta Ad Copy Checker — Personal Attributes & Unrealistic Outcomes
Meta’s most common ad rejections are text problems: ads that assert or imply personal attributes ("Are you diabetic?", "Struggling with debt?"), promise unrealistic outcomes, or lean on sensational hooks. Meta rejects the ad — and repeated violations can restrict the ad account. Paste your ad copy and this checker flags second-person attribute assertions across health, finances, and beliefs, health-treatment claims, outcome guarantees and clickbait patterns, with the policy reason for each.
What this checker inspects
- Personal-attribute assertions: second-person framing tied to health, weight, finances, addiction, disability, religion or similar — Meta disallows implying you know these about the viewer
- Health and treatment claims: cure, treat, heal, prevent — restricted categories on Meta
- Unrealistic outcome promises: "lose 10kg in a week", "double your income", "guaranteed returns"
- Sensational clickbait framing: "shocking", "doctors hate this", "you won’t believe"
- Superiority and ranking claims and absolute guarantees, which also carry FTC substantiation duties
What it cannot do
- Image, video and landing-page rules — this checker sees text only
- Special ad categories (credit, employment, housing, politics) that have separate Meta requirements
- Whether Meta’s own review system will approve the ad — that decision is Meta’s alone
Examples: flagged copy and safer rewrites
“Are you struggling with debt? Consolidate today — even bankrupt users qualify!”
Why it is risky: Asserts the viewer’s financial status ("struggling with debt", "bankrupt") — a textbook personal-attributes violation.
Safer direction: Debt consolidation loans with one monthly payment. Check your options without affecting your credit score.
“Lose 10kg in one week — guaranteed! Doctors hate this miracle trick.”
Why it is risky: Quantified unrealistic outcome + absolute guarantee + sensational hook, three separate violation patterns in one line.
Safer direction: A meal-plan app built by dietitians. Track portions, build habits, see your progress weekly.
“Shocking new diabetes cure — you won’t believe what Big Pharma hides!”
Why it is risky: Health treatment claim + sensational/conspiratorial framing + implied conspiracy. Meta rejects sensational health claims on sight.
Safer direction: A glucose-log app with reminder alarms and exportable reports for your next check-up.
Frequently asked questions
- What is Meta’s personal attributes policy?
- Meta disallows ads that assert or imply personal attributes — including race, religion, age, health, financial status, sexual orientation and more — even when the implication is indirect. "Are you diabetic?" implies you know the viewer has diabetes; Meta rejects it. First-person product voice ("I manage my glucose with…") or neutral product statements are the standard fixes.
- Why did my ad get rejected for "unrealistic outcomes"?
- Meta prohibits implying that results are guaranteed, typical or effortless — "lose 10kg in a week", "get rich quick". State what the product does, not what body or bank balance the viewer will end up with.
- Does this checker replace Meta’s ad review?
- No. Meta’s automated review and human reviewers decide approval. This checker catches the text patterns Meta most consistently rejects so you waste fewer review cycles — it is not affiliated with Meta and cannot promise approval.
- Should I also run my ad through the FTC checker?
- Yes — FTC substantiation duties apply to Meta ads too. The FTC checker shares this engine and adds the substantiation framing for outcome and endorsement claims.
Limitations
- Text only: creative, targeting and landing-page rules are out of scope.
- Meta’s policies and their interpretation change; the linked policy pages are the authority.
- A clean scan is not Meta approval.
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