I agree it should have been clarified, but the initial intended audience was meta users who would be familiar. Elected moderators need to accept the https://sta

I agree it should have been clarified, but the initial intended audience was meta users who would be familiar. Elected moderators need to accept the https://stackoverflow.com/legal/moderator-agreement https://stackoverflow.com/legal/moderator-agreement agreement before they're giving their privileges, and they have to agree not to disclose any information that they get obtain using their mod access, such as the private discussions between moderators and staff here. It might not be legally binding, but Stack Overflow could plausibly delete their account as punishment.