Los Angeles County officers permitted a movement to push for standard on-line platforms resembling Google and Yelp to cease itemizing unlicensed hashish shops.
The movement, permitted unanimously Tuesday by the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors, requires a number of state businesses to arrange stories inside three months outlining methods to limit internet advertising on social web sites and apps, in keeping with the Los Angeles Occasions.
The measure additionally directs the five-member board to jot down and signal a letter requesting sure web sites “to voluntarily stop promoting unlawful hashish dispensaries within the County,” the newspaper reported.
Time will inform if the Board of Supervisors’ efforts spark change.
In February, New York Gov. Kathy Hochul demanded that social media websites and search engines like google resembling Meta and Google cease selling illicit marijuana sellers.
The request was a part of New York’s wide-ranging, multiagency plan to crack down on unlawful operators.
A Yelp spokesperson advised the Los Angeles Occasions the location prohibits marijuana retail promoting however had no plans to flag or take down data, together with client evaluations, for unlicensed operators.
“Yelp believes shoppers have a First Modification proper to learn and share details about all companies, even when unlicensed,” the spokesperson mentioned.
