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- Sep 26
TikTok agrees to $116.2 million Alabama deal to limit teen screen time and avert trial
TikTok agreed on Friday to pay at least $116.2 million to Alabama and enact a default two-hour daily limit for teenage users, avoiding a state court trial scheduled for Monday in Montgomery.
- Sep 26
TikTok agrees to pay Alabama at least $100 million to settle youth addiction lawsuit
TikTok and parent company ByteDance agreed to pay Alabama at least $100 million and implement daily usage limits for minors, averting a state court trial scheduled for Monday in Montgomery.
- Sep 26
New Mexico jury finds Meta liable for user deception in Cambridge Analytica case
A Santa Fe state court jury ruled that Meta misled users about data privacy and content rules, leaving Judge Francis Mathew to assess potential multi-billion-dollar penalties across millions of violations.
- Jun 12
US Supreme Court blocks nitrogen gas execution in Alabama
The US Supreme Court on Thursday blocked Alabama from executing Jeffery Lee with nitrogen gas, upholding lower court rulings that the method likely violates the Eighth Amendment's ban on cruel and unusual punishment.
- May 26
Federal Court Blocks Alabama's GOP-Backed Congressional Map, Preserving Two Majority-Black Districts for 2026 Midterms
A three-judge federal panel has blocked Alabama from using a Republican-drawn congressional map that would have eliminated one of the state's two majority-Black districts, dealing a significant blow to GOP efforts to hold the House in November's midterm elections.
