Last Updated on 22nd July 2020

Mark Zuckerberg is finally being taken to task for Facebook’s anti-weed policies, as a lawsuit has been filed against the company for censorship.

Felicia Palmer, founder of Cannaramic Media Inc, a cannabis education website, filed a suit against Facebook Inc. which accuses the company of demonstrating a “pattern of censorship and suppression of information” regarding the legal uses of cannabis.

Palmer filed the suit on the basis of Facebook removing her social media accounts after she paid for ads to promote the Cannaramis Online Summit, a series of online courses to educate people on how to safely and effectively consume cannabis.

Despite the increasing legalisation of cannabis across the United States, Facebook continues to ban and censor ads for even legal cannabis companies across its platforms, including Instagram.

Palmer is being represented pro-bono by David C. Holland, an attorney with NORML, a law firm that specialises in cannabis cases.

“When a private company like Facebook (our largest resource for communication) prohibits the flow of this type of information, it essentially amounts to a threat to the public health, social welfare, and economic vitality of our communities,” Holland told Forbes.