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Facebook and Instagram seem to have stopped censoring search results for 'marijuana' and 'cannabis'
Meta—the social media juggernaut behind Facebook, Instagram and Threads—appears to have rolled back a restriction on searches for words like “marijuana” and “cannabis” after criticism that the company’s censorship was overbroad and limited access to education, public health information and political advocacy. At the beginning of this year, Meta—the social media behemoth behind Facebook, Instagram […]
Meta—the social media juggernaut behind Facebook, Instagram and Threads—appears to have rolled back a restriction on searches for words like “marijuana” and “cannabis” after criticism that the company’s censorship was overbroad and limited access to education, public health information and political advocacy. “Without structural changes to content moderation and a clear process for addressing instances of inappropriate censorship in a more systemic manner, advocates and educators are going to have to remain vigilant to ensure that social media platform users can continue to effectively access their information.” One cannabis-focused content creator who’s called out Meta in the past is cartoonist Brian “Box” Brown, who’s previously complained to Marijuana Moment that the company has flagged his posts, limited his accounts’ visibility and “killed my reach and growth.”
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