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VapeHeatLabHerbistry420 Banned in Russia — 3 Channel Updates
Fordee from Herbistry420 sits down to share three major channel updates — including the news that Herbistry420 was banned in Russia. This isn't a product review or a cooking video; it's a raw, honest conversation about the challenges cannabis content creators face on major platforms, and a heartfelt thank-you to the community that keeps the ...
Fordee from Herbistry420 sits down to share three major channel updates — including the news that Herbistry420 was banned in Russia. This isn’t a product review or a cooking video; it’s a raw, honest conversation about the challenges cannabis content creators face on major platforms, and a heartfelt thank-you to the community that keeps the channel alive.
Herbistry420 Banned in Russia — What Happened
About three weeks before filming, Fordee woke up to an email from YouTube: Herbistry420 had been banned in Russia. Russia State Attorneys sent a formal letter to YouTube declaring the channel illegal because it discusses cannabis — vape reviews, cooking with cannabis, and cannabis education. YouTube complied, and the channel no longer appears for viewers in Russia.
For Russian viewers who followed Herbistry420, Fordee sends his apologies — there’s nothing he can do on his end. The ban is a reminder that cannabis content operates under very different rules in different parts of the world. Russia’s strict anti-cannabis stance means even educational content about the plant is considered illegal, and platforms are required to act on government requests.
3 Social Media Bans That Hit the Channel
The Russia situation was just one of three major setbacks. Fordee also lost access to key social media accounts in rapid succession:
- Personal Facebook account — permanently banned. Fordee posted a joke meme (a photoshopped image of a baby with a drawn face) that Facebook’s automated systems flagged. The result was a permanent account ban with no path to appeal — and because his personal account managed the Herbistry420 pages, everything connected to it went down too.
- Herbistry420 Instagram — lost. With the personal Facebook account gone, access to the main Herbistry420 Instagram was also wiped. Follower contacts, DMs, and years of posts were no longer accessible.
- Art Instagram (Can’t Stop Art Gallery) — also gone. Fordee had sold artwork through his art Instagram account. All buyer messages, contacts, and that entire sales channel disappeared with the Facebook ban.
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