“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.”
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The sole discretion standard means Craigslist is not required to justify moderation actions, and users have agreed in advance to any of the listed moderation measures.
Craigslist may take any of the listed moderation actions against a user's access, license, or account without being required to provide cause, and the user has agreed to this in advance.
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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.Excerpt from Craigslist's Terms of Use
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The sole discretion standard means Craigslist is not required to justify moderation actions, and users have agreed in advance to any of the listed moderation measures.
Craigslist may take any of the listed moderation actions against a user's access, license, or account without being required to provide cause, and the user has agreed to this in advance.
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