YouTube Continues its Cannabis Purge and Nobody Knows Why

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YouTube Continues Its Cannabis Purge and Nobody Knows WhyA few weeks ago, Sam Houston, a California cannabis aficionado, was checking out some of his favorite YouTube channels when he noticed a trend. His frustration has been felt across the entire community of cannabis YouTube content creators. Osborn has been in contact with other YouTube channel creators about next steps. “We are all trying to figure this out together,” he said. Some cannabis content creators are now moving their material to Instagram and other social networking sites. There, they directed followers to other sites, including gaming platform Twitch, which recently opened up to allow cannabis content for livestreaming.

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YouTube Continues Its Cannabis Purge and Nobody Knows Why

A few weeks ago, Sam Houston, a California cannabis aficionado, was checking out some of his favorite YouTube channels when he noticed a trend. One by one, accounts such as those run by users “Vader OG” and the horticulturalist known as Jorge Cervantes were being shut down. All were given the same ominous message: The channel’s content had been flagged for review and was found to violate YouTube’s guidelines.

For the last month, the global video platform has been shutting down a wide swath of cannabis channels, often with little or no warning.

Houston, who works as a community...

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