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This clause establishes Duolingo's unilateral authority to control account access and content moderation. The 'sole discretion' standard means the company is not bound by predefined criteria or procedural requirements when exercising these powers.
Users operate under terms that do not guarantee continued access to their accounts or preservation of their content. Account termination and content removal may occur without advance notification or specified justification.
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Company may, but is not obligated to (1) monitor or review the Services and Content at any time; and (2) review User reports of violations of this Agreement. Without limiting the foregoing, Company shall have the right, in its sole discretion, to remove any of Your Content for any reason, including ...
We can remove or restrict access to your content, services, or information if we determine that doing so is reasonably necessary to avoid or mitigate adverse legal or regulatory impacts to Meta. We can also terminate or change the services, remove or block content or information shared on our servic...
In addition, Scale may, at its sole discretion, terminate these Terms or suspend or terminate your access to the Site, at any time for any reason or no reason, with or without notice.
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"Duolingo reserves the right to refuse service, terminate accounts, terminate your rights to use the Service, remove or edit Content in our sole discretion.— Excerpt from Duolingo's Duolingo Terms of Service
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This clause establishes Duolingo's unilateral authority to control account access and content moderation. The 'sole discretion' standard means the company is not bound by predefined criteria or procedural requirements when exercising these powers.
Users operate under terms that do not guarantee continued access to their accounts or preservation of their content. Account termination and content removal may occur without advance notification or specified justification.
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