Tag: social media
Alabama AG Steve Marshall to review if Senate race tactics violated...
Alabama’s attorney general said Thursday that his office is reviewing whether allegedly deceptive social media tactics used in last year’s U.S. Senate...
Jeff Sessions: ‘I don’t follow tweets as closely as I used...
Former Attorney General Jeff Sessions lavished praise on what he called President Donald Trump’s policy accomplishments Tuesday but added that he’s backing away from...
Daniel Sutter: Is Facebook really like Ma Bell?
Some commentators and politicians have proposed regulating Facebook, Twitter, and Google as public utilities. To make sense of this proposal, let’s consider the economic...
US attorneys general discuss social media privacy concerns
A meeting between top state law enforcement officials and Attorney General Jeff Sessions about how the government can safeguard the privacy of social media...
Using common social media tactics to subvert US elections
The latest efforts to disrupt the U.S. midterm elections through Facebook manipulation seem to be following a persuasion playbook refined by legitimate companies and...
Jefferson County School Board member Donna Pike apologizes for social media...
Irondale-Republican and Jefferson County School Board member Donna Pike is apologizing for social media post that some have deemed racist.
On Tuesday, Pike found herself...
Election Day fun: BBQ, ballots and selfies galore
It's Election Day in Alabama and the candidates are out and about across the state making their final efforts to sway and motivate voters...
Facebook may be facing an ‘era of accountability’
The problems keep piling up for Facebook, and it's unclear how long the internet giant will be able to brush them aside as it...
Alabama Supreme Court pauses officer’s murder trial over social media post
The Alabama Supreme Court has temporarily halted the murder trial of a Montgomery police officer to consider whether the judge should be removed because...
Blake Dowling: How (and when) to do social in 2017
Social media accounts are rocking and rolling; you have lots of followers.
But do you have a strategy for your messaging?
Or are you barreling down...
