From 699afeb731e2e49c20120d6a4f1032e4df5d578a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Abdurrahman Asad <51022010+A-ASAD@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Fri, 18 Mar 2022 19:16:15 +0500
Subject: [PATCH] fix: flagged post banner not showing to staff (#30034)

fix: flagged post banner not showing to staff
---
 lms/djangoapps/discussion/rest_api/serializers.py | 6 +++++-
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/lms/djangoapps/discussion/rest_api/serializers.py b/lms/djangoapps/discussion/rest_api/serializers.py
index 03675d5fb9..d890046474 100644
--- a/lms/djangoapps/discussion/rest_api/serializers.py
+++ b/lms/djangoapps/discussion/rest_api/serializers.py
@@ -237,7 +237,11 @@ class _ContentSerializer(serializers.Serializer):
         Returns a boolean indicating whether the requester has flagged the
         content as abusive.
         """
-        return self.context["cc_requester"]["id"] in obj.get("abuse_flaggers", [])
+        total_abuse_flaggers = len(obj.get("abuse_flaggers", []))
+        return (
+            self.context["is_requester_privileged"] and total_abuse_flaggers > 0 or
+            self.context["cc_requester"]["id"] in obj.get("abuse_flaggers", [])
+        )
 
     def get_voted(self, obj):
         """