X states that it enforces safety policies covering abuse, harassment, violence, and criminal actions, and may take enforcement measures including content removal and account suspension against violating accounts.
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The terms authorize X to remove content or suspend accounts across a broad range of safety-related categories, meaning users have no contractual guarantee of continued platform access if X determines their content violates any of the referenced policies.
Interpretive note: Operative enforcement thresholds and appeal procedures are located in approximately 12 separate linked sub-policies not reproduced in this index document.
Under these terms, X may remove posts or suspend accounts for content categorized as abusive, harassing, violent, hateful, or otherwise in violation of its safety policies, and the specific definitions and enforcement thresholds for each category are set out in separate linked sub-policies.
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The terms authorize X to remove content or suspend accounts across a broad range of safety-related categories, meaning users have no contractual guarantee of continued platform access if X determines their content violates any of the referenced policies.
Under these terms, X may remove posts or suspend accounts for content categorized as abusive, harassing, violent, hateful, or otherwise in violation of its safety policies, and the specific definitions and enforcement thresholds for each category are set out in separate linked sub-policies.
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