Sentences with phrase «control over every citizen»

There are, however, fears that the government is trying to stifle the kind of fintech that seeks to democratise the financial sector, while embracing those that allow it to exert more control over its citizens (in January, plans were announced for a US$ 2.12 bn artificial intelligence [AI] development park in Beijing, with China urging companies including those in the military sector to participate in the technology's development).

Even Milner admits that if Cahokia was as populous or expansive as some claim, it would have exerted statelike control over its citizens.

Ubisoft's brand - new IP, Watch Dogs — available on the PlayStation 4, and Xbox One — promises to deliver us uncompromising control over the citizens and machines of its own version of Chicago.

Seems ter me that a distinction that progressive governments and their supporters like ter make in arguing the case for more legislative controls over their citizens is to argue the negative aspect of freedom, an argument of «freedom from» rather than'the positive notion of «freedom to».

This misinformation has been used to set environmental and tax policy which increases governmental and bureaucratic control over every citizen.

The criminal system can exert forceful control over our citizens.

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GDPR will codify data protection rules for all companies that collect data from EU citizens while greatly expanding individuals» control over how and when their personal data is collected and used.

The General Data Protection Regulation, a new legal regime intended to give EU citizens more control over their data, could create still more heartburn for U.S. general counsels when it goes into effect next year.

In Britain and the European Union, citizens enjoy data protection rights and can assert control over their personal information if they choose.

In 2012, Beijing pressured citizens to avoid travel to Japan as their territorial spat over the Japanese - controlled Senkaku or Diaoyu islands flared up.

It is about time women take back control over their lives instead of bowing down to religion that are ruled by men who want women to be second class citizens of the world.

Control over what kind of children should be born when has fostered the idea that citizens can and should judge between auspicious and burdensome life and auspicious and burdensome families.

Since the governments over there control the internet and technology — they should put controls in place to limit content that they believe their citizens should not see.

It confronts us as a powerful threat over which we as ordinary citizens have little or no control.

In a sense, he did, as a Christian citizen, admonish the government to do its work, but he did not command it or take control over the situation.

As an alternative to enacting legal controls over reproductive technology, a national commission of scientists, doctors and citizens is needed, a commission that could develop voluntary ethical guidelines.

Anyone who considers themselves a conservative SHOULD be for legalizing marijuana since the prohibition of marijuana and prosecution of marijuana users involves everything conservatives are against: intrusion into private lives of citizens, over arching government control, increased government spending and waste and it goes completely against the idea that every person has «the right to life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness.»

• Britain having full control over immigration from Europe, but British businesses no longer having free access to trade with the EU • British businesses having free access to trade with the EU, but Britain having to allow EU citizens the right to live and work in Britain

Though we have no way of knowing whether average Iranian citizens regard state - run media as truthful or just a Persian Pravda, for now the government's control over television, radio and newspapers has allowed it to portray the protests in the worst possible light.

The strict application of the principles of the rule of law and strong popular control over the legislative and the executive are indispensable for the subordination of a sovereign power to citizens» interests and preferences.

The group Concerned Citizens for Saratoga Racing says a proposal being circulated by the governor would «exert his control over NYRA and the future of our state's Thoroughbred racing industry.»

This would immediately end the European Court of Justice's control over national security and allow the Government to remove EU citizens «whose presence is not conducive to the public good».

A report released Monday by the good - government group Citizens Union argued the current system for redistricting, dominated by the Democratic majority in the Assembly and Republicans who control the Senate, has led to less - competitive elections, reduced voter turnout and, over the past four election cycles, a 96 percent re-election rate for incumbents — who are returned to office by an average margin of victory of 61 percentage points.

Does it foster or impede greater citizen vigilance and control over government?

Over two weekends in September in Manchester — just as the Brexit negotiations start to move beyond preliminaries — citizens will focus on choices relating to trade and immigration, and the implications of these on issues such as the economy, jobs, public services and the degree to which the UK can control its own affairs.

«Who is going to have ultimate control over the deputized agents who have the power of firearms and incarceration of non-Indian citizens?»

And Lord Green of Deddington, Chairman of Migration Watch UK, told The Sun: «The outcome of allowing into Britain any EU citizen who had a job would mean no control whatsoever over the numbers.

What the opponents say: «What Prop 1 does is take a bad situation and make it even worse by locking a system of political party control into our constitution,» said Susan Lerner, executive director of Common Cause, another good - government group that has done battle with Citizens Union over the proposition.

We need to make sure that we are in control over the things that affects us.Anytime there is flood and people loose their life, most of the blame goes to sitting presidents.I am not saying that the central government does not have responsibility to ensure that enabling environment is created.They have a great work to do but as citizens what is our quota?When you move around Accra, sometimes i becomes angry within myself because i am in doubt as to whether our sanitation laws exit.People because of the tax they claim they pay waits for zoom lion workers to come and clean the choked gutters before our houses and shops either than that, it will remain like that.Is it modernity or civilization that has turned us to forget our traditional values or duties of ensuring that our environments is clean?Everybody in our Ghanaian setting knows the responsibility of men and women in making sure that our environments are clean not waiting for flood to occur and we start blaming sitting presidents.To the media, though your responsibility is to keep governments on it toes, you equally have a mandate in educating the public of what we are expected to do as citizens in other to ensure that our dear nation is a better ecosystem for all of us to live.The attention of the media should be shifted from making politicians popular to making us aware as citizens of our responsibilities.I sometimes get confused to hear journalists calling opponents to comment on issues concerning the sitting governments and the only thing that comes to my mind is what do the journalist want to hear from the political opponents?Nothing.They will end up criticizing without giving an alternative.The media should rather resort in questioning people directly to where the problems are coming from.Let us build our institutions.When it comes to energy issues.Citifm will call Hon.KT Hammond who was a deputy minister living who he worked under (His boss at that time) and I always become confused because what can we expect from him?nothing.

Nigeria does not have to handle the Fulani herdsmen the way gun violence is being handled in America, where after a demented gunman kills over 50 people and kills himself, the matter is allowed to rest; nothing happens in terms of gun control because the American citizen has a right to carry guns.

Citizens» control over spending is not direct, of course, but in most Western countries public attitudes influence how well or how poorly appropriators fund science.

And awarding some citizens a tax credit allows other citizens to retain control over their own funds in accordance with their own consciences.

Gill powerfully concludes No Fear with the words that our future prosperity, security and sustainability «depends critically upon the children of the future growing up as engaged, self - confident, responsible, resilient citizens: people who both feel they have some control over their destinies and are alive to the consequences of their actions.

The 2009 amendments were resisted by MDE since they were intended and seen as shifting authority control over the the sponsor / authorizer and charter schools away from MDE — all as originally intended in the law as known to all of us who worked on the concept at the Citizens» League and participated in drafting the law that was passed in 1991.

The bill destroys the fundamental role of local control because it allows the state to indefinitely take over schools and even entire districts, without a vote of local citizens.

The case addressed whether school boards have any copyright control over video clips of public board meetings that a citizen posts on the Internet.

When a state government is asked to step in and evaluate the mental capacity of an elderly citizen, it's usually over things like his ability to drive a car, or live on his own, or keep control over his finances.

Soon after taking over control in 1944, the pro-Nazi Hungarian Government, led by Ferenc Szálasi, ordered Jewish citizens to hand over the vast majority of...

During this time of year animal control receives hundreds of complaints from aggravated citizens complaining about their neighbors who have cats and are letting them run all over the neighborhood, defecating in flower beds, walking on vehicles and urinating on porches.

As a taxpayer I was thrilled at the prospect of something being done to lower the cost of animal control and my taxes.Do the citizens of Orange County realize that one female cat over 10 years can be the cause of more than 84 million new births?

The Lucas County Commission had already decided to form an advisory committee for animal control following a citizens petition that was done last year with over 3,000 signatures on it that complained about the work being done by Lucas County's dog wardens.

isn't easy, the controls can be a little sloppy (just ask the countless citizens we accidentally ran over), your enemies can be a little slow to react (that was kinda useful in our case considering how long it takes us to react) but you can't ask everything from a game, and you know what, Red Dead has to make no apologies about it because it the game kicks some serious tail.

Later on, I would immediately make parallels between Jenova / Sephiroth's control, and the Ingsoc government of the novel 1984 with their complete authority over the thoughts and motivations of their citizens.

Deus Ex: Mankind Divided directly follows the aftermath of the Aug Incident, a day when mechanically augmented citizens all over the world were stripped of control over their minds and bodies, resulting in the deaths of millions of innocents.

-- == Guardians of Haven: Zombie Apocalypse features == COMBAT MODE — REAL TIME STRATEGY * Strategy and real - time battle control combine in a variety of combat scenarios * Card battle - based gameplay: customize your deck and upgrade your character * Unlock items, units, and characters that can be used in other Game Modes CITY MODE — MANAGE YOUR RESOURCES * Manage resources for the population and invest in your survivors * Collect materials to build better equipment in other Games Modes * Construct & rebuild the city of Haven and ensure the future of humanity SHOOTER MODE — FPS SNIPER GAMEPLAY * Sniper and assault missions with FPS gameplay in elite operations * Enjoy a variety of mission types, from Horde to Escort to Stealth * Rescue citizens from danger and carry them over to other Game Modes

Something remarkable is unfolding on the Web and in state - controlled media in China as citizens aggressively challenge officials over the collapse of so many schools in the powerful earthquake that shook the mountains of Sichuan province.

Harris writes that international attention is prodding Indian and Delhi officials to try to gain some control over the smog crisis but, more and more, the pressure is coming from the city's coughing citizens.

With command - and - control power over access to CO2 emission out of the government hands and in the hands of its rightful owners — every citizen, per capita — the power of the government, of bureaucrats, the invitation to corrupt them, is erased.

We accustom citizens to accept encroaching controls over their lives as measures of protections of personal freedom.

All over Europe communities and citizens are already taking control of their energy future and producing community - owned clean, renewable energy.