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Facebook and YouTube Clamped Down on a Game About Selling Weed

Facebook and YouTube Clamped Down on a Game About Selling Weed

5 years ago
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https://motherboard.vice.com/en_us/article/mb8jvb/facebook-and-youtube-clamped-down-on-weedcraft-inc-a-game-about-selling-weed

Weedcraft Inc. is a new management simulation game from publisher Devolver Digital where players grow a marijuana business from startup to empire in the age of legalization. Devolver Digital released the game on Thursday, and the publisher reported having trouble getting the word out on social media. YouTube demonetized videos of YouTubers playing the game and Facebook wouldn’t let Devolver Digital run ads.

Even before the game’s release, Devolver Digital was being hamstrung on Facebook thanks to the site’s restrictive policies around drug-related content, the developers say.