Sentences with phrase «by russia»

Some of Silicon Valley's leading investors have set their sights on an initial offering of the homegrown cryptocurrency being pitched by Russia's encrypted messaging service, Telegram.

Kogan said in an email to Reuters that he knows nothing about Facebook data being obtained by Russia and had never heard of the Internet Research Agency «until a few weeks ago.»

Twitter and Facebook are all too aware that they've been infiltrated by Russia - backed bots.

It's been widely reported that U.S. government intelligence community believes Guccifer 2.0 was created by Russia.

Colin Stretch, Facebook's general counsel, disclosed that around 120,000 Instagram posts by Russia - backed attackers were viewed by 20 million Americans during the election season, on top of the 126 million reached via Facebook.

Published today, a report from Russia's Parliament Newspaper, the official publication of the state's legislative body, says that the schedule for a date of July 1 has been ordered by Russia's president Vladimir Putin.

The statement was reinforced by Russia's Federal Tax Service declaring in November that the use of cryptocurrencies was in no way prohibited by Russian legislation and from the fiscal point of view was the same as foreign currency transactions.

The Venezuelan state - backed cryptocurrency, petro, is being considered by Russia to be used for international transactions, according to the Venezuelan minister of foreign trade, Jose Vielma Mora.

Wylie's allegations have heightened concerns that have lingered since the 2016 U.S. president election about how social media platforms were used - particularly by Russia - to influence public opinion and peddle divisive narratives.

Chief security officer Alex Stamos announced the news today, posting a handful of sample ads and pages that it says were run by the Russia - linked disinformation outfit.

tech.slashdot.org - On Friday, Tumblr said it has taken down 84 accounts used by Russia to spread disinformation ahead of the 2016 presidential election.

Tumblr announced earlier this week that it had removed 84 accounts used by Russia's Internet Research Agency for spreading misinformation in 2016.

Recent reports have suggested the advertisements purchased by Russia and run on Facebook during the 2016 campaign reached as many as 10 million Americans, and about half of the ads were seen before the presidential election.

The Islamic Republic of Iran is reportedly considering a new state - run cryptocurrency not unlike the kind proposed by Russia, Estonia and Venezuela.

Also on Tuesday, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg said that the company blocked more than 270 accounts and pages run by Russia's Internet Research Agency.

The Malaysia launch comes after Xiaomi revealed last month that it will be expanding into 10 more countries this year — starting with Malaysia, the Philippines, India, Indonesia, Thailand and Vietnam, followed by Russia, Turkey, Brazil and Mexico.

Facebook said on Tuesday it purged nearly 300 accounts and pages run by a Russia - based troll group.

And separately the UK Electoral Commission is also looking into digital campaigning activity funded by Russia during the referendum.

The live interview was the first by a senior Facebook executive since the social media giant last month told congressional panels investigating allegations of Russian meddling during the election that it had found 3,000 politically divisive ads believed to have been bought by Russia.

The evacuation became possible following the introduction of a daily five - hour humanitarian break proposed by Russia.

The cryptocurrency ban proposed by Russia comes in the aftermath of similar drive taken by Chinese and South Korean financial regulators.

Creation of a cryptocurreny miner's registry was proposed last week by the Russia's finance ministry.

And critically, it is impossible to know if the tweets were written by Russian trolls at the time they ended up in stories or if the accounts were genuine for a time — then later hijacked by Russia's IRA.

Democratic Senator Mark Warner of Virginia, the vice chairman of the Intelligence Committee, said that the chief executives from companies like Facebook Inc, Twitter Inc and Alphabet Inc's Google should testify as to how they can tackle ongoing interference by Russia, as well as abuse of their networks by others.

The hiring means Masterson, widely viewed as a key election security official, will continue to work with states and federal agencies on the issue heading into November's midterm contests, which some intelligence specialists fear may be targeted by Russia or others.

United States intelligence agencies believe the documents were originally obtained by Russia - linked hackers.

While legalization is still not guaranteed, the news is so unexpected because of its stark contrast to the prohibitive stance taken by Russia in 2014.

Marcus, like other Facebook executives, argued that the work done by Facebook around the world was being wrongly «overshadowed» by the Russia «narrative.»

Under intense scrutiny, the social media giant announced Wednesday that it was scrubbing even more accounts, ads and other content generated by the Russia - based Internet Research Agency (IRA).

On Monday, ahead of a gauntlet of Capitol Hill hearings, Facebook moved beyond the paid ads and revised its estimate to include organic, non-paid content, pushed by Russia and shared by unsuspecting Americans.

The Virginia Democrat has been critical of the technology companies for letting their networks be exploited by Russia during the 2016 presidential campaign, and has called on Congress to pass the Honest Ads Act, which would regulate online election ads.

Initially, sources had flagged $ 4,700 in ad spending by Russia's so - called Internet Research Agency, and Google finally confirmed the number Monday.

On Friday, the Department of Homeland Security notified nearly half of the U.S. states that their election systems were targeted by Russia - affiliated hackers in an attempt to influence the 2016 election.

When pressed about how Yahoo failed to recognize that 3 billion accounts — and not 500 million as first reported — were compromised in what was later revealed to be a state - sponsored attack by Russia, former Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer admitted that the specifics of the attack still remain unknown.

On Friday, the Department of Homeland Security notified nearly half of the U.S. states that their election systems were targeted by Russia - affiliated hackers in an attempt to influence the 2016 electi

It is informational war launched by Russia against the Ukrainian nationhood and achievements of the Euromaidan protests.

The information field artificially created by Russia's top leadership is a tool the Russian political elite are using skillfully to achieve their goals.

Linklaters, Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer and Slaughter and May have all taken lead roles on the $ 13bn (# 11bn) acquisition of India's Essar Oil by a group led by Russia's Rosneft.

Mayer Brown's Cybersecurity blog has a useful summary of the sanctions President Obama recently imposed in response to the election - related hacking by Russia: President Obama Imposes Cyber-Related Sanctions in Response to Russian Interference in the 2016 US Election - Publications - Mayer Brown You can find the amended executive order President Obama issued here.

The suit comes in response to an alleged cyberattack on the DNC by Russia.

The action claims violations by Russia of the 1965 International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination (CERD), alleging, among other things, that Russia:

In 2017, he advised on the law of frustration of contracts in a dispute in Moscow over a disputed loan of 156 million Euros in the context of the annexation of Crimea by Russia).

Yet another asks what Trump knew about email hacking by Russia, its use of social media and other acts aimed at the campaign.

Not only is gas the scarcest of the three fossil fuels (and dangerously dominated by Russia as far as Europe is concerned), but it is probably no better for greenhouse emissions than coal once the effect of leaks is considered.

Anti-Syria activists now claim that the testimony of medical professionals in Douma should be rejected, claiming that they have been intimidated by Russia.

That pact, though rejected by the Bush administration, has been embraced by almost all other big nations and needs only ratification by Russia to take effect.

Canada will see a 220 - per - cent increase in tourists this century, followed by Russia at 174 per cent, Tol told USA Today.

Studies of the ice core retrieved by Russia's Vostok Antarctic station show that this is what has been happening on earth for at least the last 400,000 years.

The treaty was abandoned by the USA, and eventually by Russia, Japan and Canada.

We see the USA, France, and Japan have been leaders on nuclear energy, China is surging, followed by Russia, South Korea, India, Canada.