social media

An Alabama man has been arrested for his alleged role in the January hack of a U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission social media account that led the price of bitcoin to spike, the Justice Department said. Eric Council Jr. is accused of helping to break into the SEC’s account on X, formerly known as Twitter.

More than a dozen states, including Alabama, and the District of Columbia filed lawsuits against the social media platform TikTok, saying that the popular short-form video app is designed to be addictive to kids and harms their mental health.

The Menlo Park, California-based company Meta says it will open an $800 million data center in Montgomery. The internet giant operates Facebook, Instagram, Threads and WhatsApp.

The San Francisco 49ers and the Kansas City Chiefs go head-to-head on the gridiron come Sunday, Feb. 11, but all eyes are on singer-songwriter Taylor Swift to see if she can make it to the football game in time to watch her Chiefs boyfriend Travis Kelce play.

Basketball may be popular across the country, but what makes one city better than others for the sport? Top-performing teams, revenues and traditions are all part of the equation, but there’s simply no game without the fans.

Senator Katie Britt is one of four U.S. senators proposing a bill that could impact how children in America use social media.

Alabama lawmakers have advanced anti-pornography legislation that would require phones and tablets to automatically block sexually explicit content or pornography until the purchaser changes the device settings.

There are plenty of alligators in Alabama. But how many enjoy a day at the beach? One such unlikely critter was spotted riding the waves recently on Dauphin Island, bobbing calmly near the human beachgoers.

Most Democrats and Republicans agree that the federal government should better regulate the biggest technology companies, particularly social media platforms.

National Public Radio is quitting Twitter over the social media company's recent actions under owner Elon Musk to stamp it with labels that NPR says undermine its credibility. NPR said its organizational accounts will no longer be active on Twitter because Twitter is falsely implying that it is not editorially independent.