Weedmaps and Berner to launch cannabis-friendly social network

The Cannatech Company Weedmaps and rapper and cannabis entrepreneur Berner plan to launch a social media platform on Marijuana.com, describing it as the 'Instagram of marijuana.».

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Berner and Weedmaps recently re-announced their upcoming social media platform on Twitter. First announced in a 2014 press release, Weedmaps and Berner stated that social media apps owned by Meta—Facebook and Instagram—routinely remove cannabis-related accounts for violating their policies. In 2019, Berner had launched Social Club after his Instagram account was shut down. However, the platform was not equipped to handle the spam and has since shut down.

«Social media platforms treat cannabis as a drug,» the press release states, «and many marijuana companies have lost valuable accounts and followers as a result of this crackdown.»

In a statement, Berner, the founder and owner of the cannabis brand Cookies, said that his business accounts had been deleted from Instagram, which he cited as the impetus for the new cannabis-friendly social network.

«I was lucky enough to get my account back, but many other members of the community weren’t so lucky,» he said in a statement. «This community is special to me, and we believe in this plant—and now Marijuana.com will unite and bring our people together.» As of this writing, marijuana.com still redirects to Weedmaps News.

According to the press release, Berner will serve as the executive director of the new company and as a brand ambassador for Weedmaps. The new social network will include a rating and review system for strains, stores, and dispensaries «Powered by Weedmaps.com.» Dispensaries, brands, artists, and consumers will be able to create free profiles and post cannabis-related content without fear of censorship.

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