diff --git a/api/resolvers/item.js b/api/resolvers/item.js
index aa5cf04ac..3db842bc2 100644
--- a/api/resolvers/item.js
+++ b/api/resolvers/item.js
@@ -112,18 +112,20 @@ export function joinZapRankPersonalView (me, models) {
 async function itemQueryWithMeta ({ me, models, query, orderBy = '' }, ...args) {
   if (!me) {
     return await models.$queryRawUnsafe(`
-      SELECT "Item".*, to_json(users.*) as user
+      SELECT "Item".*, to_json(users.*) as user, to_jsonb("Sub".*) as sub
       FROM (
         ${query}
       ) "Item"
       JOIN users ON "Item"."userId" = users.id
+      LEFT JOIN "Sub" ON "Sub"."name" = "Item"."subName"
       ${orderBy}`, ...args)
   } else {
     return await models.$queryRawUnsafe(`
       SELECT "Item".*, to_jsonb(users.*) || jsonb_build_object('meMute', "Mute"."mutedId" IS NOT NULL) as user,
         COALESCE("ItemAct"."meMsats", 0) as "meMsats",
         COALESCE("ItemAct"."meDontLikeMsats", 0) as "meDontLikeMsats", b."itemId" IS NOT NULL AS "meBookmark",
-        "ThreadSubscription"."itemId" IS NOT NULL AS "meSubscription", "ItemForward"."itemId" IS NOT NULL AS "meForward"
+        "ThreadSubscription"."itemId" IS NOT NULL AS "meSubscription", "ItemForward"."itemId" IS NOT NULL AS "meForward",
+        to_jsonb("Sub".*) as sub
       FROM (
         ${query}
       ) "Item"
@@ -132,6 +134,7 @@ async function itemQueryWithMeta ({ me, models, query, orderBy = '' }, ...args)
       LEFT JOIN "Bookmark" b ON b."itemId" = "Item".id AND b."userId" = ${me.id}
       LEFT JOIN "ThreadSubscription" ON "ThreadSubscription"."itemId" = "Item".id AND "ThreadSubscription"."userId" = ${me.id}
       LEFT JOIN "ItemForward" ON "ItemForward"."itemId" = "Item".id AND "ItemForward"."userId" = ${me.id}
+      LEFT JOIN "Sub" ON "Sub"."name" = "Item"."subName"
       LEFT JOIN LATERAL (
         SELECT "itemId", sum("ItemAct".msats) FILTER (WHERE act = 'FEE' OR act = 'TIP') AS "meMsats",
           sum("ItemAct".msats) FILTER (WHERE act = 'DONT_LIKE_THIS') AS "meDontLikeMsats"
@@ -224,7 +227,7 @@ export async function filterClause (me, models, type) {
 
   // handle outlawed
   // if the item is above the threshold or is mine
-  const outlawClauses = [`"Item"."weightedVotes" - "Item"."weightedDownVotes" > -${ITEM_FILTER_THRESHOLD}`]
+  const outlawClauses = [`"Item"."weightedVotes" - "Item"."weightedDownVotes" > -${ITEM_FILTER_THRESHOLD} AND NOT "Item".outlawed`]
   if (me) {
     outlawClauses.push(`"Item"."userId" = ${me.id}`)
   }
@@ -250,7 +253,7 @@ function typeClause (type) {
     case 'freebies':
       return '"Item".freebie'
     case 'outlawed':
-      return `"Item"."weightedVotes" - "Item"."weightedDownVotes" <= -${ITEM_FILTER_THRESHOLD}`
+      return `"Item"."weightedVotes" - "Item"."weightedDownVotes" <= -${ITEM_FILTER_THRESHOLD} OR "Item".outlawed`
     case 'borderland':
       return '"Item"."weightedVotes" - "Item"."weightedDownVotes" < 0'
     case 'all':
@@ -787,6 +790,57 @@ export default {
         act,
         path: item.path
       }
+    },
+    toggleOutlaw: async (parent, { id }, { me, models }) => {
+      if (!me) {
+        throw new GraphQLError('you must be logged in', { extensions: { code: 'FORBIDDEN' } })
+      }
+
+      const item = await models.item.findUnique({
+        where: { id: Number(id) },
+        include: {
+          sub: true,
+          root: {
+            include: {
+              sub: true
+            }
+          }
+        }
+      })
+
+      const sub = item.sub || item.root?.sub
+
+      if (Number(sub.userId) !== Number(me.id)) {
+        throw new GraphQLError('you cant do this broh', { extensions: { code: 'FORBIDDEN' } })
+      }
+
+      if (item.outlawed) {
+        return item
+      }
+
+      const [result] = await models.$transaction(
+        [
+          models.item.update({
+            where: {
+              id: Number(id)
+            },
+            data: {
+              outlawed: true
+            }
+          }),
+          models.sub.update({
+            where: {
+              name: sub.name
+            },
+            data: {
+              moderatedCount: {
+                increment: 1
+              }
+            }
+          })
+        ])
+
+      return result
     }
   },
   Item: {
@@ -967,7 +1021,7 @@ export default {
       if (me && Number(item.userId) === Number(me.id)) {
         return false
       }
-      return item.weightedVotes - item.weightedDownVotes <= -ITEM_FILTER_THRESHOLD
+      return item.outlawed || item.weightedVotes - item.weightedDownVotes <= -ITEM_FILTER_THRESHOLD
     },
     mine: async (item, args, { me, models }) => {
       return me?.id === item.userId
@@ -979,7 +1033,10 @@ export default {
       if (item.root) {
         return item.root
       }
-      return await models.item.findUnique({ where: { id: item.rootId } })
+      return await models.item.findUnique({
+        where: { id: item.rootId },
+        include: { sub: true }
+      })
     },
     parent: async (item, args, { models }) => {
       if (!item.parentId) {
@@ -1207,7 +1264,7 @@ export const SELECT =
   "Item"."subName", "Item".status, "Item"."uploadId", "Item"."pollCost", "Item".boost, "Item".msats,
   "Item".ncomments, "Item"."commentMsats", "Item"."lastCommentAt", "Item"."weightedVotes",
   "Item"."weightedDownVotes", "Item".freebie, "Item".bio, "Item"."otsHash", "Item"."bountyPaidTo",
-  ltree2text("Item"."path") AS "path", "Item"."weightedComments", "Item"."imgproxyUrls"`
+  ltree2text("Item"."path") AS "path", "Item"."weightedComments", "Item"."imgproxyUrls", "Item".outlawed`
 
 function topOrderByWeightedSats (me, models) {
   return `ORDER BY ${orderByNumerator(models)} DESC NULLS LAST, "Item".id DESC`
diff --git a/api/resolvers/sub.js b/api/resolvers/sub.js
index 5d8923da5..fc04b2a58 100644
--- a/api/resolvers/sub.js
+++ b/api/resolvers/sub.js
@@ -124,7 +124,7 @@ export default {
       await ssValidate(territorySchema, data, { models, me })
 
       if (old) {
-        return await updateSub(parent, data, { me, models, lnd, hash, hmac, old })
+        return await updateSub(parent, data, { me, models, lnd, hash, hmac })
       } else {
         return await createSub(parent, data, { me, models, lnd, hash, hmac })
       }
diff --git a/api/typeDefs/item.js b/api/typeDefs/item.js
index 2e783b374..2bff9a714 100644
--- a/api/typeDefs/item.js
+++ b/api/typeDefs/item.js
@@ -38,6 +38,7 @@ export default gql`
     upsertComment(id:ID, text: String!, parentId: ID, hash: String, hmac: String): Item!
     act(id: ID!, sats: Int, act: String, idempotent: Boolean, hash: String, hmac: String): ItemActResult!
     pollVote(id: ID!, hash: String, hmac: String): ID!
+    toggleOutlaw(id: ID!): Item!
   }
 
   type PollOption {
diff --git a/api/typeDefs/sub.js b/api/typeDefs/sub.js
index d30a772a0..02b6b3280 100644
--- a/api/typeDefs/sub.js
+++ b/api/typeDefs/sub.js
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ export default gql`
     upsertSub(name: String!, desc: String, baseCost: Int!,
       postTypes: [String!]!, allowFreebies: Boolean!,
       billingType: String!, billingAutoRenew: Boolean!,
-      hash: String, hmac: String): Sub
+      moderated: Boolean!, hash: String, hmac: String): Sub
     paySub(name: String!, hash: String, hmac: String): Sub
   }
 
@@ -31,5 +31,7 @@ export default gql`
     billedLastAt: Date!
     baseCost: Int!
     status: String!
+    moderated: Boolean!
+    moderatedCount: Int!
   }
 `
diff --git a/components/dont-link-this.js b/components/dont-link-this.js
index 01ef14e60..a5a9f1045 100644
--- a/components/dont-link-this.js
+++ b/components/dont-link-this.js
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ import AccordianItem from './accordian-item'
 import Flag from '../svgs/flag-fill.svg'
 import { useMemo } from 'react'
 import getColor from '../lib/rainbow'
+import { gql, useMutation } from '@apollo/client'
 
 export function DownZap ({ id, meDontLikeSats, ...props }) {
   const style = useMemo(() => (meDontLikeSats
@@ -64,3 +65,41 @@ export default function DontLikeThisDropdownItem ({ id }) {
     </DownZapper>
   )
 }
+
+export function OutlawDropdownItem ({ item }) {
+  const toaster = useToast()
+
+  const [toggleOutlaw] = useMutation(
+    gql`
+      mutation toggleOutlaw($id: ID!) {
+        toggleOutlaw(id: $id) {
+          outlawed
+        }
+      }`, {
+      update (cache, { data: { toggleOutlaw } }) {
+        cache.modify({
+          id: `Item:${item.id}`,
+          fields: {
+            outlawed: () => true
+          }
+        })
+      }
+    }
+  )
+
+  return (
+    <Dropdown.Item onClick={async () => {
+      try {
+        await toggleOutlaw({ variables: { id: item.id } })
+      } catch {
+        toaster.danger('failed to outlaw')
+        return
+      }
+
+      toaster.success('item outlawed')
+    }}
+    >
+      outlaw
+    </Dropdown.Item>
+  )
+}
diff --git a/components/form.js b/components/form.js
index 81ad9cba9..081b036a9 100644
--- a/components/form.js
+++ b/components/form.js
@@ -825,7 +825,7 @@ export function Form ({
   )
 }
 
-export function Select ({ label, items, groupClassName, onChange, noForm, overrideValue, ...props }) {
+export function Select ({ label, items, groupClassName, onChange, noForm, overrideValue, hint, ...props }) {
   const [field, meta, helpers] = noForm ? [{}, {}, {}] : useField(props)
   const formik = noForm ? null : useFormikContext()
   const invalid = meta.touched && meta.error
@@ -866,6 +866,10 @@ export function Select ({ label, items, groupClassName, onChange, noForm, overri
       <BootstrapForm.Control.Feedback type='invalid'>
         {meta.touched && meta.error}
       </BootstrapForm.Control.Feedback>
+      {hint &&
+        <BootstrapForm.Text>
+          {hint}
+        </BootstrapForm.Text>}
     </FormGroup>
   )
 }
diff --git a/components/item-info.js b/components/item-info.js
index e747b8d61..113098717 100644
--- a/components/item-info.js
+++ b/components/item-info.js
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ import { timeSince } from '../lib/time'
 import { DeleteDropdownItem } from './delete'
 import styles from './item.module.css'
 import { useMe } from './me'
-import DontLikeThisDropdownItem from './dont-link-this'
+import DontLikeThisDropdownItem, { OutlawDropdownItem } from './dont-link-this'
 import BookmarkDropdownItem from './bookmark'
 import SubscribeDropdownItem from './subscribe'
 import { CopyLinkDropdownItem } from './share'
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ import { AD_USER_ID } from '../lib/constants'
 import ActionDropdown from './action-dropdown'
 import MuteDropdownItem from './mute'
 import { DropdownItemUpVote } from './upvote'
+import { useRoot } from './root'
 
 export default function ItemInfo ({
   item, full, commentsText = 'comments',
@@ -32,6 +33,8 @@ export default function ItemInfo ({
     useState(item.mine && (Date.now() < editThreshold))
   const [hasNewComments, setHasNewComments] = useState(false)
   const [meTotalSats, setMeTotalSats] = useState(0)
+  const root = useRoot()
+  const sub = item?.sub || root?.sub
 
   useEffect(() => {
     if (!full) {
@@ -146,18 +149,23 @@ export default function ItemInfo ({
           <Link href={`/items/${item.id}/ots`} className='text-reset dropdown-item'>
             opentimestamp
           </Link>}
-        {me && !item.position &&
-          !item.mine && !item.deletedAt &&
-          (item.meDontLikeSats > meTotalSats
-            ? <DropdownItemUpVote item={item} />
-            : <DontLikeThisDropdownItem id={item.id} />)}
         {me && item?.noteId && (
           <Dropdown.Item onClick={() => window.open(`https://nostr.com/${item.noteId}`, '_blank', 'noopener')}>
             nostr note
           </Dropdown.Item>
         )}
+        {me && !item.position &&
+          !item.mine && !item.deletedAt &&
+          (item.meDontLikeSats > meTotalSats
+            ? <DropdownItemUpVote item={item} />
+            : <DontLikeThisDropdownItem id={item.id} />)}
         {item.mine && !item.position && !item.deletedAt && !item.bio &&
           <DeleteDropdownItem itemId={item.id} type={item.title ? 'post' : 'comment'} />}
+        {me && sub && !item.mine && !item.outlawed && Number(me.id) === Number(sub.userId) && sub.moderated &&
+          <>
+            <hr className='dropdown-divider' />
+            <OutlawDropdownItem item={item} />
+          </>}
         {me && !item.mine &&
           <>
             <hr className='dropdown-divider' />
diff --git a/components/post.js b/components/post.js
index 5b020d5fb..960bde79e 100644
--- a/components/post.js
+++ b/components/post.js
@@ -103,7 +103,8 @@ export function PostForm ({ type, sub, children }) {
           <Alert className='position-absolute' style={{ top: '-6rem' }} variant='danger' onClose={() => setErrorMessage(undefined)} dismissible>
             {errorMessage}
           </Alert>}
-        <SubSelect prependSubs={['pick territory']} className='w-auto d-flex' noForm sub={sub?.name} />
+        <SubSelect prependSubs={['pick territory']} className='w-auto d-flex' noForm sub={sub?.name} hint={sub.moderated && 'this territory is moderated'} />
+
         {postButtons}
         <div className='d-flex mt-4'>
           <AccordianItem
@@ -168,7 +169,8 @@ export default function Post ({ sub }) {
                 territory
                 <SubInfo />
               </span>
-}
+              }
+            hint={sub.moderated && 'this territory is moderated'}
           />}
       </PostForm>
     </>
diff --git a/components/reply.js b/components/reply.js
index bbc98eb8d..fa07b900a 100644
--- a/components/reply.js
+++ b/components/reply.js
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ import { toastDeleteScheduled } from '../lib/form'
 import { ItemButtonBar } from './post'
 import { useShowModal } from './modal'
 import { Button } from 'react-bootstrap'
+import { useRoot } from './root'
 
 export function ReplyOnAnotherPage ({ item }) {
   const path = item.path.split('.')
@@ -38,6 +39,8 @@ export default forwardRef(function Reply ({ item, onSuccess, replyOpen, children
   const replyInput = useRef(null)
   const toaster = useToast()
   const showModal = useShowModal()
+  const root = useRoot()
+  const sub = item?.sub || root?.sub
 
   useEffect(() => {
     if (replyOpen || quote || !!window.localStorage.getItem('reply-' + parentId + '-' + 'text')) {
@@ -174,6 +177,7 @@ export default forwardRef(function Reply ({ item, onSuccess, replyOpen, children
                 required
                 appendValue={quote}
                 placeholder={placeholder}
+                hint={sub?.moderated && 'this territory is moderated'}
               />
               <ItemButtonBar createText='reply' hasCancel={false} />
             </Form>
diff --git a/components/territory-form.js b/components/territory-form.js
index 81eaeb8b5..487026b53 100644
--- a/components/territory-form.js
+++ b/components/territory-form.js
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import { Col, InputGroup, Row } from 'react-bootstrap'
+import { Col, InputGroup, Row, Form as BootstrapForm, Badge } from 'react-bootstrap'
 import { Checkbox, CheckboxGroup, Form, Input, MarkdownInput } from './form'
 import FeeButton, { FeeButtonProvider } from './fee-button'
 import { gql, useApolloClient, useMutation } from '@apollo/client'
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ import { useRouter } from 'next/router'
 import { MAX_TERRITORY_DESC_LENGTH, POST_TYPES, TERRITORY_BILLING_OPTIONS } from '../lib/constants'
 import { territorySchema } from '../lib/validate'
 import { useMe } from './me'
+import Info from './info'
 
 export default function TerritoryForm ({ sub }) {
   const router = useRouter()
@@ -16,10 +17,10 @@ export default function TerritoryForm ({ sub }) {
     gql`
       mutation upsertSub($name: String!, $desc: String, $baseCost: Int!,
         $postTypes: [String!]!, $allowFreebies: Boolean!, $billingType: String!,
-        $billingAutoRenew: Boolean!, $hash: String, $hmac: String) {
+        $billingAutoRenew: Boolean!, $moderated: Boolean!, $hash: String, $hmac: String) {
           upsertSub(name: $name, desc: $desc, baseCost: $baseCost,
             postTypes: $postTypes, allowFreebies: $allowFreebies, billingType: $billingType,
-            billingAutoRenew: $billingAutoRenew, hash: $hash, hmac: $hmac) {
+            billingAutoRenew: $billingAutoRenew, moderated: $moderated, hash: $hash, hmac: $hmac) {
           name
         }
       }`
@@ -63,7 +64,8 @@ export default function TerritoryForm ({ sub }) {
           postTypes: sub?.postTypes || POST_TYPES,
           allowFreebies: typeof sub?.allowFreebies === 'undefined' ? true : sub?.allowFreebies,
           billingType: sub?.billingType || 'MONTHLY',
-          billingAutoRenew: sub?.billingAutoRenew || false
+          billingAutoRenew: sub?.billingAutoRenew || false,
+          moderated: sub?.moderated || false
         }}
         schema={territorySchema({ client, me })}
         invoiceable
@@ -148,6 +150,22 @@ export default function TerritoryForm ({ sub }) {
             </Col>
           </Row>
         </CheckboxGroup>
+        <BootstrapForm.Label>moderation</BootstrapForm.Label>
+        <Checkbox
+          inline
+          label={
+            <div className='d-flex align-items-center'>enable moderation
+              <Info>
+                <ol>
+                  <li>Outlaw posts and comments with a click</li>
+                  <li>Your territory will get a <Badge bg='secondary'>moderated</Badge> badge</li>
+                </ol>
+              </Info>
+            </div>
+          }
+          name='moderated'
+          groupClassName='ms-1'
+        />
         <CheckboxGroup
           label='billing'
           name='billing'
diff --git a/fragments/items.js b/fragments/items.js
index 1409fe6b3..2e3d3c936 100644
--- a/fragments/items.js
+++ b/fragments/items.js
@@ -17,6 +17,11 @@ export const ITEM_FIELDS = gql`
       }
       meMute
     }
+    sub {
+      name
+      userId
+      moderated
+    }
     otsHash
     position
     sats
@@ -69,6 +74,11 @@ export const ITEM_FULL_FIELDS = gql`
           streak
         }
       }
+      sub {
+        name
+        userId
+        moderated
+      }
     }
     forwards {
       userId
diff --git a/fragments/subs.js b/fragments/subs.js
index 2f8c19acf..4d42d0c4e 100644
--- a/fragments/subs.js
+++ b/fragments/subs.js
@@ -16,6 +16,8 @@ export const SUB_FIELDS = gql`
     userId
     desc
     status
+    moderated
+    moderatedCount
   }`
 
 export const SUB_FULL_FIELDS = gql`
diff --git a/pages/~/index.js b/pages/~/index.js
index 6e47bcaa6..eaca8d148 100644
--- a/pages/~/index.js
+++ b/pages/~/index.js
@@ -42,7 +42,13 @@ export default function Sub ({ ssrData }) {
             <div className='mb-3 d-flex'>
               <div className='flex-grow-1'>
                 <AccordianCard
-                  header={<small className='text-muted fw-bold'>territory details{sub.status === 'STOPPED' && <Badge className='ms-2' bg='danger'>archived</Badge>}</small>}
+                  header={
+                    <small className='text-muted fw-bold align-items-center d-flex'>
+                      territory details
+                      {sub.status === 'STOPPED' && <Badge className='ms-2' bg='danger'>archived</Badge>}
+                      {(sub.moderated || sub.moderatedCount) && <Badge className='ms-2' bg='secondary'>moderated{sub.moderatedCount && ` ${sub.moderatedCount}`}</Badge>}
+                    </small>
+                  }
                 >
                   <div className='py-2'>
                     <Text>{sub.desc}</Text>
diff --git a/prisma/migrations/20231229204305_moderate/migration.sql b/prisma/migrations/20231229204305_moderate/migration.sql
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..4f167cdae
--- /dev/null
+++ b/prisma/migrations/20231229204305_moderate/migration.sql
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+-- AlterTable
+ALTER TABLE "Item" ADD COLUMN     "outlawed" BOOLEAN NOT NULL DEFAULT false;
+
+-- AlterTable
+ALTER TABLE "Sub" ADD COLUMN     "moderated" BOOLEAN NOT NULL DEFAULT false,
+ADD COLUMN     "moderatedCount" INTEGER NOT NULL DEFAULT 0;
diff --git a/prisma/schema.prisma b/prisma/schema.prisma
index 31f89e53d..2b41ac822 100644
--- a/prisma/schema.prisma
+++ b/prisma/schema.prisma
@@ -320,6 +320,7 @@ model Item {
   itemForwards       ItemForward[]
   ItemUpload         ItemUpload[]
   uploadId           Int?
+  outlawed           Boolean               @default(false)
 
   @@index([uploadId])
   @@index([bio], map: "Item.bio_index")
@@ -415,6 +416,8 @@ model Sub {
   billingCost      Int
   billingAutoRenew Boolean     @default(false)
   billedLastAt     DateTime    @default(now())
+  moderated        Boolean     @default(false)
+  moderatedCount   Int         @default(0)
 
   parent       Sub?           @relation("ParentChildren", fields: [parentName], references: [name])
   children     Sub[]          @relation("ParentChildren")