“IF YOU ARE IN THE UNITED STATES OR CANADA, YOU AGREE THAT DISPUTES BETWEEN YOU AND QUORA WILL BE RESOLVED BY BINDING, INDIVIDUAL ARBITRATION AND YOU WAIVE YOUR RIGHT TO PARTICIPATE IN A CLASS ACTION LAWSUIT OR CLASS-WIDE ARBITRATION.”
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The clause simultaneously compels individual arbitration and strips affected users of the ability to pursue collective legal remedies, limiting the practical leverage available to any single user.
Interpretive note: The canonical claim states two closely related but legally independent effects — mandatory binding arbitration and class action/class-wide arbitration waiver — which together form the primary substance of the clause. Geographic scope (US or Canada) is preserved as a condition in all fields.
If you are located in the United States or Canada, you cannot bring or join a class action lawsuit or class-wide arbitration against Quora, and your disputes must go through binding individual arbitration.
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"IF YOU ARE IN THE UNITED STATES OR CANADA, YOU AGREE THAT DISPUTES BETWEEN YOU AND QUORA WILL BE RESOLVED BY BINDING, INDIVIDUAL ARBITRATION AND YOU WAIVE YOUR RIGHT TO PARTICIPATE IN A CLASS ACTION LAWSUIT OR CLASS-WIDE ARBITRATION.Excerpt from Poe's Terms of Service
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The clause simultaneously compels individual arbitration and strips affected users of the ability to pursue collective legal remedies, limiting the practical leverage available to any single user.
If you are located in the United States or Canada, you cannot bring or join a class action lawsuit or class-wide arbitration against Quora, and your disputes must go through binding individual arbitration.
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