Social media sites block Connecticut marijuana ad
MANCHESTER — A Connecticut advertising firm owner says his Facebook account is currently banned from posting videos because of an ad about medicinal marijuana he tried to post last week.
Kyle Reyes of the Silent Partner Marketing said the video was educational and not meant to sell cannabis on behalf of his client, Arrow Alternative Care.
“It was a series about Canna-Ed, about the education and the benefits of medical marijuana,” Reyes said. “It’s actually videos that the state had already approved and said, ‘You guys can go ahead and market these on social media.'”
But Reyes said when he attempted to upload a Canna-Ed video last week, Facebook blocked it.
“Facebook immediately shut it down and banned us from being able to upload any videos,” he said, later talking to a Facebook account manager who told him he violated the social media site’s terms.
“You cannot promote medical marijuana or any...
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