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**Social Media Comment Policy**   The National Ocean Service uses social networking platforms to connect and interact with different audiences. At this time, we share content on Instagram, Facebook, Twitter, Flickr, and YouTube. Each of these social networking platforms has their own privacy policy. Follow these links to learn more about a specific privacy policy: Instagram, Facebook, Twitter, Flickr, and YouTube. We encourage public interaction and communication about the content we post on our social media accounts. However, this does not imply that the National Ocean Service agrees with or accepts the content, opinions, or views expressed within any public comment. The person who posts a comment is solely responsible for the content of the comment. While we do not discriminate against views or opinions posted to our social networking accounts, we reserve the right to remove any comment. A comment will not be edited or modified to remove unacceptable content; the entire comment will simply be deleted. Some of the reasons we may remove a comment are listed below: Abusive, vulgar, obscene, racist, threatening, or harassing comments
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