Cannabis-Related Pages Have Disappeared From Facebook’s Search Results – NEWS
If you’ve tried to find some information on a cannabis business or agency on Facebook this week, chances are that your search results have come up empty. Any search for a page that contains the words “marijuana” or “cannabis” comes up with no results, making these pages effectively invisible to anyone that has not already followed them. The pages for affected businesses and organizations still exist and function normally, but they can now only be accessed via a direct link.
Not only are canna-businesses affected, but advocacy groups like the Marijuana Policy Project, media outlets like Marijuana Moment, and even the California Bureau of Cannabis Control (BCC) — the government agency that regulates the Golden State’s entire cannabis industry — are all impossible to find by a normal search. Other cannabis-related media outlets that do not directly use the words “marijuana” or “cannabis”, like MERRY JANE, do not seem to be affected at this time.