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"You may not select as your Substack account name a name that you don't have the right to use, or another person's name with the intent to impersonate that person.Excerpt from Substack's Terms of Use
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The clause states: “You may not select as your Substack account name a name that you don't have the right to use, or another person's name with the intent to impersonate that person.”
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