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Admin can't demote me in a room
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Description
This issue has been migrated from [#16519](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/16519).
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### Description
There is a public room where I am moderator and do not have permissions to change power levels. And this does not work.
I have therefore asked an admin to demote me and they are getting this error
```
Failed to change power level M_FORBIDDEN: MatrixError: [403] You don't have permission to post that to the room. user_level (0) < send_level (100) (https://matrix-client.matrix.org/_matrix/client/v3/rooms/!YTvKGNlinIzlkMTVRl%3Amatrix.org/state/m.room.power_levels/)
```
### Steps to reproduce
- Demote user
### Homeserver
matrix.org
### Synapse Version
latst
### Installation Method
Docker (matrixdotorg/synapse)
### Database
?
### Workers
I don't know
### Platform
?
### Configuration
_No response_
### Relevant log output
```shell
I don't have access to the logs
```
### Anything else that would be useful to know?
Room ID: `!YTvKGNlinIzlkMTVRl:matrix.org`
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