By agreeing to the MSA, your organization and all its users must comply with Slack's Acceptable Use Policy, which restricts certain types of content and behaviors on the platform.
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The AUP incorporation creates enforceable operational standards for account use by reference, allowing Slack to maintain defined conduct requirements without restating all restrictions directly in the primary terms. This mechanism establishes the substantive rules against which account compliance is measured and against which violations may result in enforcement action.
Organizations are responsible for ensuring all their users comply with Slack's AUP; a single employee's misuse of the platform could result in account-level consequences for the entire organization.
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The AUP incorporation creates enforceable operational standards for account use by reference, allowing Slack to maintain defined conduct requirements without restating all restrictions directly in the primary terms. This mechanism establishes the substantive rules against which account compliance is measured and against which violations may result in enforcement action.
Organizations are responsible for ensuring all their users comply with Slack's AUP; a single employee's misuse of the platform could result in account-level consequences for the entire organization.
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