Instagram Targets Cannabis-Related Social Media Accounts

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Photo-based social media giant Instagram regularly takes action against cannabis-related accounts for violating the terms of service (TOS). Any disruption to a thriving Instagram account, especially for cannabis-related accounts, can have devastating effects from a marketing perspective. There isn’t a clear solution in how to 100 percent protect a cannabis-related Instagram account right now. Finance that it might have been because of a post that garnered a large amount of popularity, or that maybe it was because they tagged other Instagram accounts that had recently run into issues with Instagram violations. Unfortunately, even adhering to these rules and policies has resulted in banned accounts on Instagram and Facebook.

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Photo-based social media giant Instagram regularly takes action against cannabis-related accounts for violating the terms of service (TOS). Often enough, the reason behind a ban is often unclear to the accounts that are affected—which leads to detrimental loss in engagement for up-and-coming cannabis businesses. 

Instagram has an estimated 1 billion monthly active users since its initial release back in 2010. Any disruption to a thriving Instagram account, especially for cannabis-related accounts, can have devastating effects from a marketing perspective....

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