Michigan finalizing social media policy.

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Michigan is finalizing a social media policy that will .consider content posted on social media websites by state employees and agencies to be public records subject to Freedom of Information Act requests.

Michigan, like most states, uses social media websites, including Facebook and Twitter, to communicate with the public, according to the Lansing State Journal.

Legal experts say the challenge for any government in dealing with social...