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On ACA-managed social media communities such as Facebook, YouTube, and LinkedIn, any comments that violate the ACA policy will be removed after they are posted. Currently, all comments on ACA websites enter an approval queue for review by ACA before being posted on the websites.

Relevant and appropriate comments will be posted, but comments that are inappropriate will be removed from the ACA website, affiliated sites, and associated social media groups. Such comments include:

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• Uses of the name or likeness of a third party for commercial purposes
• Comments that are irrelevant to the nature of the article or discussion thread.

All comments are the property of ACA and may be used, at its discretion, by ACA for promotional or educational purposes. ACA will not knowingly post content to an associated social media group that violates any rule or policy of that site, i.e., Facebook policies. Nevertheless, the ACA is not responsible for any actions resulting from the posting of a reader-submitted comment either on its websites or social media accounts.

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