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Businesses are now using social media for promotion and for learning more about customers’ perception of their company, but they’re often overlooking the risks of doing this without social media policies.

The policies associated with social media are “fairly complex” because there are various risks to consider when choosing a policy, says David Adler, the principal attorney at Adler & Franczyk, a law firm in Chicago that specializes in technology and communications.

After attracting 10 million users in its first two weeks, Google+ is the fastest growing social network ever, according to CNNMoney, the world’s largest business website.

Google CEO Larry Page said in a July 15 conference call with analysts that he believes this is opening great opportunities for Google.

Google+ is working on getting more advertisers and contacts on their network by giving their website time to gain more individual users.

After arriving on the webpage, a female voice begins extolling the benefits of paying for uSocial. The voice belongs to a chatbot, who has popped up on the left side of the page.

“Here at uSocial, we know the secrets to making you an overnight rockstar on Twitter,” the chatbot says, going on to promise up to 100,000 “real followers who will respond immediately to meet your market demands.”  

1970 - The U.S. creates the Environmental
Protection Agency.

1971 - Department of the Environment formed in Canada.

1972 - Great Lakes Water Quality Agreement between the U.S. and Canada. Amended in 1978 and 1987.