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User Content may not: be unlawful, libelous, defamatory, obscene, pornographic, indecent, lewd, suggestive, harassing, threatening, invasive of privacy or publicity rights, abusive, inflammatory or fraudulent
We don't allow Content that includes negative comments about identifiable individuals outside of this group.
Content that promotes cruelty or gratuitous violence towards animals
"we don't allow: illegal material or benefits; material or benefits that are abusive towards other people; material or benefits that are misleading or deceptive; material or benefits that use others' intellectual property...Excerpt from Patreon's Terms of Use
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The clause states: “we don't allow: illegal material or benefits; material or benefits that are abusive towards other people; material or benefits that are misleading or deceptive; material or benefits that use others' intellectual property...”
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