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</div><div class="gmail-btArticleContent"><div class="gmail-btArticleExcerpt"></div><div class="gmail-btArticleBody gmail-portfolioBody gmail-btTextLeft"><div class="gmail-bt_bb_wrapper"><p>Every
day around the world, content is being created and deleted in a
never-ending cycle that mirrors our own circle of life. For the most
part, the content that gets deleted from social media platforms, such as
<a href="http://www.youtube.com">YouTube</a> or Facebook, gets deleted
for good reason. Sometimes the content is illegal or it violates
community policy. But then sometimes content gets deleted for the wrong
reasons, political reasons.</p>
<p>And when content gets deleted for political purposes, those affected
are left crying foul and wondering what is it they did to earn their
deletion. One need only look as far as <a href="http://marihuanatelevision.tv/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Marihuana Television</a>, a Spanish-language YouTube Channel, to find a perfect example.</p>
<p>For many Spanish-speaking cannabis users, Marihuana Television is
their go-to source for all things cannabis. Featuring how-to guides and
up-to-date news, Marihuana Television looks like any other mainstream
YouTube channel but with cannabis; which is why many were shocked to
find that the channel had been deleted with no explanation.</p>
<p>Although cannabis itself is illegal in most of the developed world,
cannabis content is not. While you may not be able to purchase a
cannabis ad on Facebook or YouTube; you can watch, create and share
cannabis contently freely on the internet. On YouTube alone, there are
hundreds of thousands of cannabis-centered channels, which is what makes
Marihuana Television’s deletion all the more strange.</p>
<p>Typically in order to determine whether or not to ban/delete an
account or channel, YouTube uses a strike system. If a user violates
YouTube community standards or violates copyright law, the user will get
a strike. Just like baseball, it’s three strikes and you’re out; unless
it’s a particularly egregious violation, in which case the user is
instantly banned.</p>
<p>But by all accounts, Marihuana Television was compliant with YouTube
policy. There was no warning and there were no strikes, the channel was
simply deleted. The creative minds behind Marihuana Television think the
channel’s deletion is part of a wider effort on behalf of YouTube to
censor Spanish-language cannabis content on the platform, and in a
statement, they issued a fiery condemnation of the site.</p>
<p>“From Marihuana Television we want to denounce cannabis censorship,
freedom of expression and information after the closure of our channel.
During the last 6 years, our Youtube channel has been a reference of
information on the cannabis culture in Spanish,” reads the statement.
“Therefore, Marihuana Television will continue to be faithful to its
founding principles. We will keep fighting for the right to inform the
millions of people throughout the world who use marijuana in a
responsible way.”</p>
<p>Although tracking the exact number of cannabis videos and channels
that have been unfairly deleted on YouTube is incredibly difficult, if
not next to impossible, there is some anecdotal evidence to bolster the
claims made by Marihuana Television.</p>
<p>Some Spanish-language cannabis YouTube channels similar to Marihuana Television, such as <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XjOwAwv9zFE">Growbarato</a> and <a href="https://www.youtube.com/user/lamarihuanaweb" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Lamarihuana.com</a>, have found themselves either deleted or issued strikes from YouTube in recent weeks. Other channels, such as <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qw31oWByMjw" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Undergrow TV</a>, have issued their own statements condemning the censorship and some have started petitions <a href="https://www.change.org/p/google-inc-youtube-stop-censoring-channels-related-to-marijuana" target="_blank" rel="noopener">asking YouTube to stop</a> their censorship of cannabis-related videos.</p>
<p>Although the path forward for the people behind Marihuana Television
is not entirely clear, the group is currently considering taking legal
action if possible. For the time being, however, Marihuana Television
will continue creating content, only this time it will be shared on <a href="https://vimeo.com/marihuanatelevision" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Vimeo</a> instead of YouTube.</p></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></article></div></div>
<br>-- <br><div class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature">=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+<br><br> Harold F. Schiffman<br><br>Professor Emeritus of <br> Dravidian Linguistics and Culture <br>Dept. of South Asia Studies <br>University of Pennsylvania<br>Philadelphia, PA 19104-6305<br><br>Phone: (215) 898-7475<br>Fax: (215) 573-2138 <br><br>Email: <a href="mailto:haroldfs@gmail.com" target="_blank">haroldfs@gmail.com</a><br><a href="http://ccat.sas.upenn.edu/~haroldfs/" target="_blank">http://ccat.sas.upenn.edu/~haroldfs/</a> <br><br>-------------------------------------------------</div>
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