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"Channel Guidelines help creators set what kind of conversations they want to have on their channel. Creators can hold potentially inappropriate comments for review, hide certain individuals, block words, assign moderation privileges...Excerpt from YouTube's Community Guidelines
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The clause states: “Channel Guidelines help creators set what kind of conversations they want to have on their channel. Creators can hold potentially inappropriate comments for review, hide certain individuals, block words, assign moderation privileges...”
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