Bans
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Bans are moderation actions, involving the suspension or removal of a user, or account from a space.
Group bans
Administration of a VRChat Group have the ability to ban users from their groups. Per VRChat's Community Guidelines, groups are able to moderate their instances how they see fit, and can employ bans to enforce rules; however, rules should be fairly reasonable. Instance moderation should inform occupants about rules needing to be followed.
Groups are owned and moderated by other users of the VRChat community, and being banished from a group will only prevent you from joining the group, and instances hosted by that group. Circumventing bans via an alternate account counts as harassment, and is against VRChat's Terms of Service, and Community Guidelines.
Ideally, Groups should accept moderation appeals and processes, but are not required. Using an alternate account to query about a ban is still deemed as harassment. VRChat's Trust & Safety team will not involve themselves regarding appeals or disputes for groups. However, if a Group is violating VRChat's Terms of Service or Community Guidelines, the group and users involved can be reported.
VRChat's Community Guidelines involving Group Instances are as follows:
- Groups may moderate their instances how they see fit. Group moderators can employ verbal or text-based warnings, system-level warnings, kicks, or even bans to enforce their rules.
- Group instance rules must be reasonable. In other words, people should be told about the rules, the rules should be fair, and the rules should make sense for the environment.
- It is the responsibility of the Group to inform Group instance occupants of any Group rules they need to follow.
- Any rules should be fair. They should be possible to follow, and they should follow the spirit of the VRChat Community Guidelines: No hate, no harm, no harassment.
- Groups may not enforce rules that supersede VRChat's rules. You can't enforce a rule that breaks *our* rules.
- Groups should handle Group moderation appeals and processes. If a user contacts VRChat Trust and Safety regarding a Group ban, they will be directed back to the Group.
- Having an appeal process for your Group is ideal. However, you aren't *required* to have an appeal process for your Group. You are welcome to deny appeals, or inform users that “no appeals are accepted.”
VRChat account bans
Account bans are suspensions from VRChat's platform, and related services; typically tied to a VRChat account. Any bans involving a VRChat account are enforced by VRChat's Trust & Safety team, and decisions are made, based on the Community Guidelines, Terms of Service, and other related policies.
Users generally should not need to worry about being banned from the VRChat platform. However, it is the responsibility of the user to read, interpret, and understand VRChat's Community Guidelines, and Terms of Service; it is also the end-user's responsibility to secure their account from being compromised.
Other users, friends, family members, or parties involved with a commission should never access your VRChat account, or be given your password on the platform, VRChat SDK, or otherwise. To prevent account hijackings, please secure your account with a thoughtful password. It is encouraged to apply two-factor authentication (2FA) on an external device for improved security.
When receiving an infraction, the e-mail address used to create the account will receive a message from VRChat's Trust & Safety team, mentioning the moderation action(s) taken against the account, the time and date when the infraction was applied, how long the suspension lasts, and the reason(s) for the ban. It will not be possible to log into VRChat or related services until the ban expires. Attempts to circumvent a ban will incur further punishment for the primary account, as well as any other accounts involved.
To appeal a VRChat ban, submit a 
moderation ticket on the VRChat's Help Desk.
Discord bans
Discord bans, are suspensions applied towards a user's Discord account, on any of VRChat's Discord servers. VRChat uses Discord as a platform for their community to socialize. While using any of VRChat's Discord servers, do not violate Discord's Terms of Service, as well as discuss or post anything that may violate VRChat's Terms of Service, Community Guidelines, or other policies.
Rules for VRChat's servers are listed in the #rules channel on the main VRChat Discord server, and VRChat Wiki Discord server. Rules for the VRChat Localization Discord server, are listed in #rules-and-faq. Volunteer chat moderators are trusted to moderate as they see fit; moderation action can occur at any time, for any reason.
Appeals, regarding suspensions or bans, from any of VRChat's Discord servers (except for the VRChat Wiki Discord server) can be submitted as a moderation ticket on the VRChat's Help Desk.
VRChat Wiki bans
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Misconduct, or active defiance against implemented VRCWiki rules and policies, on either the VRChat Wiki, or the VRChat Wiki Discord server could lead to suspension of those accounts. The VRChat Wiki team are volunteers, actively overseeing the development of the VRChat Wiki, and have permissions to moderate as seen fit.
Rules for the VRChat Wiki Discord server are posted in #rules. Guidelines, and the disciplinary policy for the VRChat Wiki are available to read. While using the VRChat Wiki Discord server, do not violate Discord's Terms of Service, as well as discuss or post anything that may violate VRChat's Terms of Service, Community Guidelines, or other policies.
Appeals, regarding suspensions or bans from any the VRChat Wiki, or Wiki Discord server can be submitted as a (APPEAL FORM HERE).
See also
Rules and Guidelines
VRChat platform articles
