Sentences with phrase «election information by»

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More than 50 million Facebook profiles were harvested by an app for data, which passed the information onto London - based elections consultancy Cambridge Analytica.

Established in 2006 by Australian activist Julian Assange as a means to anonymously divulge sensitive information about countries and institutions, Wikileaks was best known for its revelations about U.S. military operations, diplomatic activities, detention camps and abetting of NSA leaker Edward Snowden — until 2016, when the site involved itself in the U.S. presidential election by releasing troves of Democratic party emails allegedly supplied by Russian operatives.

The Millennial generation is now the largest in the U.S. and has the power to determine the 2016 election, according to a study by The Center for Information and Research on Civic Learning and Engagement at Tufts University.

If you get the message on the right, it means that your personal information was accessed by the elections data firm Cambridge Analytica, which has been banned by Facebook.

«As one of the companies that played a prominent role in the election campaign, Cambridge Analytica has been asked by the House Intelligence Committee to provide it with information that might help its investigation,» the statement said.

The developments come as Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg is set to appear in Washington Tuesday for hearings on the data scandal, in which at least 87 million people had their information harvested during the 2016 election cycle by Cambridge Analytica, a British political consulting firm.

«I would suspect the «know your customer» they're doing on their ad purchasers is probably driven more by what information they need for internal business purposes and to best sell ads rather than to satisfy information requests from any third parties, such as the Federal Election Commission, the Department of Justice, etc..»

Meanwhile, Facebook plans to use this information to append a «Political Ad» label and «Paid for by» information to all election, politics and issue ads.

News that Cambridge Analytica, a political data firm hired by President Trump's 2016 election campaign, gained access to private information on more than 50 million Facebook users has weighed not only on the shares of Facebook but on Alphabet as well.

«You may have heard about a quiz app built by a university researcher that leaked Facebook data of millions of people in 2014,» Zuckerberg said in the signed ads, referring to the data analytics firm accused of misusing the social network's user information during the 2016 US election.

Zuckerberg's apology follows news last week that information from more than 50 million Facebook users was obtained without permission by Cambridge Analytica, a data analytics consultancy hired by the Trump campaign for the 2016 presidential election.

According to a survey of 3,760 U.S. adults by the Pew Research Center, 35 percent of people 18 to 29 years old say social media is the most helpful source of information on the 2016 presidential election.

Facebook has faced a global outcry and sharp questions about its privacy safeguards after reports revealed that an independent researcher passed information covering some 50m users to the consulting firm Cambridge Analytica, which were then used by Donald Trump's campaign team to target swing voters in the 2016 presidential election.

Freedom of Information requests filed by the New Democrat Official Opposition have revealed that the Christy Clark Liberal government reduced youth addiction treatment spaces by 25 percent after promising in the 2013 election to build more spaces.

Mr. Prentice may also want to hold an election before more information is released by the R.C.M.P. regarding their investigation into Ms. Redford and her staff.

Cambridge Analytica, a data analytics firm that helped Donald Trump win the 2016 presidential elections, violated its Terms Of Service by exploiting personal information of some 50 million Facebook users.

Zuckerberg is trying to restore public confidence after recent revelations that information from up to 87 million Facebook users was shared with Cambridge Analytica, a data mining firm used by the Trump campaign in the 2016 election.

In a statement issued by the State's Commissioner for Information and Strategy, Mr. Steve Ayorinde, the Government also reiterated the call for a peaceful and orderly conduct by the electorates on Saturday as the State holds elections that will usher in new Chairmen and Councillors in the 20 Local Government and 37 Local Council Development Areas (LCDAs) across the State.

Their method is much more thorough and uses information from local by - elections to estimate the National Equivalent Vote and pays attention to the actual shares of the vote in the different county council divisions last time.

FPTP doesn't gather sufficient information to be certain when spoilers have changed a result, but in Gaming the Vote Poundstone estimates that at least five U.S. presidential elections have been decided by spoilers

The consensus is that Russia influenced the US election in Trump's favor (by eg hacking his political opponents and strategically using that information to influence public opinion; this may or may not have happened in coordination with some people from the Trump campaign).

Twitter said that during the election campaign, it removed tweets «that were attempting to suppress or otherwise interfere with the exercise of voting rights, including the right to have a vote counted, by circulating intentionally misleading information.»

Or perhaps the Russians obtained information about voters (e.g. by hacking the state election system) that the campaign then used.

The Information Commissioner said the «unprecedented» email, sent by Telegraph editor Chris Evans on the eve of last year's general election, was a serious breach of regulations protecting consumers from unsolicited online marketing.

Clinton left no doubt that she believes Russia contributed to her defeat by interfering in the election, condemning what she called Moscow's «weaponization of information.»

Probably the most immediate use of text messaging in the U.S. will be for election - day Get - Out - The - Vote efforts, though you can also use them as a two - way tool by soliciting information from supporters through polls and such.

If you did not include this information when you registered, send a photocopy of some personal identification with your Vote - by - Mail Application or to your county elections official before the election.

New Media & Society has published the article where I make the argument, based on ethnographic research I did during the 2008 U.S. elections, but based on intuitions and interests aroused by previous research in the 2007 U.S. presidential primaries (published by the Journal of Information Technology & Politics here).

«As one of the companies that played a prominent role in the election campaign, Cambridge Analytica has been asked by the House Intelligence Committee to provide it with information that might help its investigation.

During elections, supplementary data flows in daily from the field via mobile tools carried by canvassers or through pipelines transporting information from social media and digital - ad systems.

With respect to the Elections Clause, petitioner argues that Article VIII «merely regulates the manner in which elections are held by disclosing information about congressional candidateElections Clause, petitioner argues that Article VIII «merely regulates the manner in which elections are held by disclosing information about congressional candidateelections are held by disclosing information about congressional candidates.»

Comprehensive donor information for this election has been collected by Follow the Money.

Where any officer of a body designated by notice in writing pursuant to subsection (9D) wishes to obtain, for the purpose of compiling a roll of electors for an election and for no other purpose, any specified information, the Electoral Commission may, in accordance with regulations made under this Act, give that officer, on payment of the prescribed fee, a computer - compiled list or electronic storage medium containing that information.

Where the specified information is requested for a by - election or poll to be conducted at some time other than a triennial general election, the Electoral Commission may supply only such of the specified information as is relevant to the conduct of the by - election or poll.

«By requiring nonprofits to disclose the extent and nature of their electioneering activities, we are protecting prospective donors from misleading solicitations, and giving voters more information about who is behind many of the ads they will see in this year's elections,» Schneiderman stated.

This is because that computer inside your DMV office is connected to a server at another facility operated by the state DMV and / or the state elections office that matches the information to known SSNs.

Since the «net will contain far less information ABOUT that election or topic, any given piece will be more likely to be found via search or a link from a relevant website, and it will be less likely to be balanced by a counter-message.

The Mavens of London research, which was originally reported by Politics.co.uk, combines traditional polling data with information about people's online searches for their local candidates to come up with predictions of the election result.

The company has offered to hand over all communications between its elections arm, SCL Elections Ltd, and a firm run by academic Dr Aleksandr Kogan by 5 pm on Monday to the Information Commissioner, the High Couelections arm, SCL Elections Ltd, and a firm run by academic Dr Aleksandr Kogan by 5 pm on Monday to the Information Commissioner, the High CouElections Ltd, and a firm run by academic Dr Aleksandr Kogan by 5 pm on Monday to the Information Commissioner, the High Court heard.

«The stimulus that Election Day provides by giving people information, imposing social pressure to encourage them to vote, giving them social rewards from seeing neighbors and friends at a polling place — all the things that happen on a traditional Election Day — tend to be diluted,» said Barry Burden, a political science professor at the University of Wisconsin - Madison, who worked on the AJPS study.

The Voter Empowerment Act would expand online registration and require the state Board of Elections to make certain registration information available to voters online so they may update their information over the internet, which could improve the accuracy of New York voter rolls by reducing the number of outdated or duplicate registration records.

politics.co.uk's live blog brings you all the information on the AV referendum, local elections, Scottish and Welsh elections and the Leicester South by - election.

The digital ad disclosure reforms come after a 2016 presidential election that fueled concerns of social media meddling by Russia in an effort to inject fraudulent information into the political bloodstream.

Probably the most common use of text messaging in 2012 will be for pre-election and election - day Get - Out - The - Vote efforts, though some will also use them as a two - way tool by soliciting information from supporters through polls and such.

In a later clarification, Cambridge Analytica did admit that it had licensed data from the firm set up by Dr Kogan, although denied that the information was used in the US elections.

But nationally, early voting, by mail or in person, is becoming more common and is likely to account for one - third of all votes cast in the November elections, up from 14 percent in 2000, predicts Paul Gronke, a researcher with the Early Voting Information Center in Portland, Ore..

• Whether the recipients of its donations were given the information required by PPERA [the Political Parties, Elections and Referendums Act of 2000] in respect of the donor.

Republicans mulled court action on the grounds that party lawyers were prevented from observing the counting of some absentee ballots, voting machines erroneously recorded votes from Lamb, and voters were confused by some information from the state election Web site.

Following the loss of the Crewe and Nantwich by - election in 2008 he was the first Labour MP to call for Gordon Brown «s resignation (more information at They work for you)