Bluesky can suspend or delete your account at any time without warning if it believes you have violated any policy or that your continued access poses a risk, including risks to Bluesky's own reputation.
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The inclusion of reputational risk and platform integrity as termination grounds gives Bluesky broad discretion to remove accounts, and the absence of a prior notice requirement means users may lose access without warning or an opportunity to respond.
Your account can be suspended or permanently terminated without advance notice based on subjective determinations including reputational risk, which may affect your ability to access your content, connections, and data stored on the platform.
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"Our Right to Terminate. We may suspend, restrict, or terminate your Account—or specific features of Bluesky—at any time, without prior notice, if: You violate these Terms, the Privacy Policy, Community Guidelines, or Copyright Policy; We are legally required to do so, such as by court order or regulatory demand; or We believe that your continued access poses a risk to Bluesky, to other users, or to third parties, including in cases involving safety, legal exposure, reputational risk, or platform integrity.Excerpt from Bluesky's Terms of Service
(1) REGULATORY LANDSCAPE: The EU Digital Services Act requires that account termination and content restriction decisions be accompanied by a statement of reasons provided to affected users, which may limit Bluesky's ability to terminate without …
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The inclusion of reputational risk and platform integrity as termination grounds gives Bluesky broad discretion to remove accounts, and the absence of a prior notice requirement means users may lose access without warning or an opportunity to respond.
Your account can be suspended or permanently terminated without advance notice based on subjective determinations including reputational risk, which may affect your ability to access your content, connections, and data stored on the platform.
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