Generally, channels are independently moderated. The moderation is done by someone in the channel, often just the person who started the channel. The distribut

Generally, channels are independently moderated. The moderation is done by someone in the channel, often just the person who started the channel. The distributed moderation works well with large networks, because the people doing the moderation are in the channel reading it and keeping up with the conversation. However, because the bar for becoming a channel operator is low, it's not a good idea to give full ban access to them.