Sentences with phrase «in controversy over»

Most of us know Tether because of being involved in a controversy over its funds during the last months.

The document showcases Facebook executives» awareness of its power, both good and bad, years before the company was embroiled in controversy over the misuse of user data.

Facebook and CEO Mark Zuckerberg are wrapped up in controversy over the social network's link to data analytics firm Cambridge Analytica.

Facebook Inc Chief Operating Officer Sheryl Sandberg said that if she could relive this week over again — a week in which the social network has become engulfed in controversy over improper sharing of personal data from 50 million users — she and CEO Mark Zuckerberg would have spoken up a lot sooner.

The data analytics firm used by the Trump campaign in 2016 is mired in controversy over its handling of user information gathered from social - media platforms.

The firm, which was employed by President Trump's election campaign, is currently mired in controversy over how it acquired and used the Facebook data of 50 million Americans.

Two Republicans running in competitive California congressional races contracted with Cambridge Analytica, the political data firm embroiled in controversy over its use of improperly obtained personal information from more than 50 million Facebook users.

Either way, when he leaves, he will be the first major executive to depart Facebook since it became embroiled in a controversy over how it mishandled a plague of disinformation and bad faith during the 2016 presidential election.

The Arctic Apple is a genetically modified organism (GMO) that is hailed by supporters as a turning point in the controversy over whether or not GMOs are safe.

Brazil's environmental protections agency IBAMA has been mired in controversy over the issue, which has led to the resignation of its leadership only to be replaced with individuals supportive of the dam.

The Museum of Fine Arts, Boston has found itself mired in controversy over an in - gallery program responding to Claude Monet's...

It turned out that the protesters came largely from the groups Defend Boyle Heights (DBH) and the Boyle Heights Alliance Against Artwashing and Displacement (BHAAAD), and they were objecting to the location of the meeting in a neighbourhood already aflame in controversy over its unofficial redesignation as a gallery district.

In October, though, Intel unwittingly became a villain in a controversy over the treatment of women in gaming, which has come to be known as GamerGate.

Even the British are involved in controversy over the breed.

Smashwords, the popular online ebook distribution platform that recently celebrated the uploading of the 100,000 th title to its catalog of digital editions, found itself embroiled in some controversy over a request from PayPal that it remove nearly 2,000 titles that the online payment company considered inappropriate... [Read more...]

In order to get into federal court, you either need (1) a federal cause of action (there isn't one here; breach of contract is a state claim), or (2) «diversity of citizenship» + an amount in controversy over $ 75,000.

Green also adds that Rhee «remains embroiled in controversy over test score gains under her leadership, even as StudentsFirst, the national group she founded two years ago, plays an increasingly prominent role around the country.»

The watchdog conducted a review of rules and safeguards in place to stop confidential information being disclosed after two high - profile private schools became embroiled in a controversy over exam breaches in August.

After three and half years, much of it mired in controversy over technology missteps like the rollout of a $ 1.3 billion iPad program and a court case that struck down teacher tenure laws in California, the schools chief and the board have agreed to part ways.

In December of 2015, Old Navy was caught up in a controversy over a tee shirt design in which the word «Artist» was crossed out and replaced with either «Astronaut» or «President.»

That movie saw its once - lofty Oscar hopes dashed virtually overnight when its director and star, Nate Parker, became enmeshed in a controversy over past rape allegations for which he had been acquitted.

The main reason the Oscars remain relevant is also rooted in recent history, in the controversy over the makeup of the academy and the organization's concerted attempt to rectify the situation.

A tpical Stanley Kramer's film: Serious (even pompous) and humanist, but essentially middlebrow, courtroom drama that while well - acted is too verbose and fearful of taking sides in the controversy over who's to blame for the Nazi atrocities.

The papers refer to the role of the gastroenterologist Andrew Wakefield in the controversy over the mumps, measles, and rubella (MMR) vaccine.

But lately he had been immersed in controversy over two papers, published in Nature in January, that claimed a simple method of creating embryonic - like cells, called stimulus - triggered acquisition of pluripotency (STAP).

The study, which will involve 16 000 women, could be under way before a similar trial in Britain, which has become entangled in a controversy over the drug's safety.

Since last year, NIAAA in Bethesda, Maryland, has been embroiled in controversy over a study funded largely with $ 70 million from the beverage industry.

Monteiro's involvement in the controversy over sempre - vivas flowers began in December 2007.

Last year's budget was adopted in late June, just weeks before Mr. de Blasio was embroiled in controversy over his relationship with law enforcement following the death of Eric Garner in NYPD custody on Staten Island.

(CNN)- Sen. Pat Roberts» primary challenger is going up with a radio commercial that highlights what appeared to be a gaffe by the longtime Republican senator from Kansas in the controversy over his residency.

Legal action may be the next step in the controversy over the transfer of the Orange County town of Monroe to the neighboring Hasidic community of Kiryas Joel.

Since then, two IDA boards, four school districts, hundreds of Valley Stream taxpayers, and about a dozen state and local lawmakers have become embroiled in a controversy over the mall's tax incentives that have been blamed for steep tax hikes for residents.

NEW YORK (CNN)- Gov. David Paterson's press secretary resigned on Wednesday, the latest high - profile resignation in an administration embroiled in controversy over a domestic violence case.

Appointed a leader to the party machine — ultimately in charge of dealing with first - level disciplinary issues — who had previously been in controversy over remarks that many perceived as downplaying racism;

Oduah, a first timer at the hallowed chamber was a former minister of aviation who was eased out of office having gotten enmeshed in the controversy over the purchase of two bullet - proof BMW cars.

This puts her at odds with Mayor Rahm Emanuel, a former aide to Bill Clinton who is embroiled in controversy over the handling of the 17 - year - old's death.

State Attorney General Eric Schneiderman pointed to the trove of assault weapons confiscated this week in suburban Rochester and offered his own advice to a federal government embroiled in controversy over gun - control laws.

Russian ambassador to the United States Sergei Kislyak — a high - profile figure in the controversy over Russian meddling in the 2016 presidential election — has concluded his assignment in Washington.

Nestlé is trying to improve its image as it is embroiled in controversy over its water bottling activities around the world.

Jim McElwain, the well - paid Florida football coach who got fired amid a bad 2017 season after implying without evidence that people had made death threats against his players and family, just a few months after he'd been embroiled in a controversy over whether he'd humped a dead shark while naked (he apparently had not), took a loss on a real - estate deal.

If the Supreme Court is to be kept from legislating, the key issue in the controversy over the interpretation of section 1 can not be the meaning of «liberty» and «equality» but the meaning of «due process of law» and «the equal protection of the laws.»

It comes up in controversy over school prayer amendments or in education bills.

In the controversy over the subpoena issued to local pastors in Houston who opposed an anti-discrimination ordinance, it is wise to heed the rhetoric of its defenders even as the subpoenas have evoked national protest.

His subject, as one might expect, was theology and the philosophy of science, and he argued that the biblical concept of the Holy spirit may provide the missing link, so to speak, in the controversy over whether mind or language has precedence in the creation of human thought.

Martin Luther was caught at one time in a thunderstorm and at another in a controversy over indulgences.

And even at later stages there is seldom anything approaching a conclusive proof of the superiority of one paradigm over another.22 This question of criteria for choice of paradigms is perhaps the most important issue in the controversy over Kuhn's book.

It comes after Farron became embroiled in controversy over his views over whether gay sex is a sin.

Lost in the controversy over Mitt Romney's wealth was this telling statistic: While Romney gave 16 % of his 2010 income to charity, Newt Gingrich donated only 2.6 %.

Already embroiled in controversy over remarks Hussain was alleged to have made in 2004 concerning the prosecution of Sami al - Arian, this appointment warrants careful consideration because of the problematic mission and track record of the OIC... Continue Reading»

Singer has said that he sometimes thinks he and the Pope are the only ones who understand what is involved in the controversy over abortion and related issues.