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This clause establishes unilateral operational control over account access and content visibility without requirement for prior notice or substantive review. The provision's scope encompasses both active moderation (deletion, blocking) and inaction (choosing not to moderate), with liability explicitly disclaimed for either course of action.
Users agree to accept moderation decisions applied to their accounts or content without contractual entitlement to explanation, appeal process, or reversal. The terms also prohibit technical circumvention of moderation measures and reserve Craigslist's right to apply or decline moderation at any time without waiving future enforcement.
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"You agree we may moderate CL access/use in our sole discretion, e.g., by blocking, filtering, re-categorizing, re-ranking, deleting, delaying, holding, omitting, verifying, or terminating your access/license/account. You agree (1) not to bypass said moderation, (2) we are not liable for moderating or not moderating, and (3) nothing we say or do waives our right to moderate, or not.— Excerpt from Craigslist's Craigslist Terms of Use
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This clause establishes unilateral operational control over account access and content visibility without requirement for prior notice or substantive review. The provision's scope encompasses both active moderation (deletion, blocking) and inaction (choosing not to moderate), with liability explicitly disclaimed for either course of action.
Users agree to accept moderation decisions applied to their accounts or content without contractual entitlement to explanation, appeal process, or reversal. The terms also prohibit technical circumvention of moderation measures and reserve Craigslist's right to apply or decline moderation at any time without waiving future enforcement.
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