Sentences with phrase «manipulating elections»

Add into the mix the truth that Big Data knows you better than you know yourself, and the implications for data - mining for the purpose of manipulating elections are staggering.

He had been a strong advocate for an aggressive approach to alleged Russian activity on the platform aimed at manipulating elections.

Mugabe had previously been accused of manipulating elections to stay on as president.

MARCH 19 - 20, 2018: Channel 4, a British public - service broadcaster, airs an undercover investigation that videotapes Cambridge Analytica CEO Alexander Nix explaining the firm's methods for manipulating elections in foreign countries, including the use of bribes and sex workers («beautiful Ukrainian girls») to entrap politicians.

Despite the infighting within the ruling party, the chances of an outsider winning the next election are seen as slim, and not only because of ZANU - PF's history of manipulating elections.

But the use of bots to manipulate elections and political discussion via the major social media platforms is a new and unnerving trend.

Authorities in the U.S. and the U.K. are bearing down on Facebook and political data - mining firm Cambridge Analytica over allegations the firm stole data from 50 million Facebook users and used it to manipulate elections.

The head of Trump - affiliated data - mining firm Cambridge Analytica was suspended on Tuesday, March 20, 2018, while government authorities are bearing down on both the firm and Facebook over allegations the firm stole data from 50 million Facebook users to manipulate elections.

Facebook has for months faced an uproar among users whose complaints range from the spread of fake news to the use of the network to manipulate elections and the harvesting of 50 million people's Facebook data by the political consultancy Cambridge Analytica.

LONDON (AP)-- The head of Trump - affiliated data - mining firm Cambridge Analytica has been suspended, while government authorities are bearing down on both the firm and Facebook over allegations the firm stole data from 50 million Facebook users to manipulate elections.

Facebook recently admitted that its News Feed — the most essential part of Facebook's website and apps, which are used by 1.3 billion people every day — had been gamed by foreign actors in an attempt to manipulate the election.

The company published a blog post on Thursday outlining some of the steps it's taking to prevent foreign governments from using Facebook to try and manipulate an election, like Russian actors did on Facebook during the 2016 campaign.

If people's information can be used to manipulate elections, it surely can be misused for a whole bunch of unethical activities that can cause discomfort to the user.

CEO Mark Zuckerberg, pressured by lawmakers, has promised to take steps to deter foreign governments from using Facebook to manipulate elections.

He tortured, manipulated elections, controlled the media, stole billions of dollars from the Egyptian people to finance his lavish lifestyle and enrich his cronies, all with support from the United States.

In Iran, the ruling faction tends to manipulate elections (which...

In Iran, the ruling faction tends to manipulate elections (which aren't necessarily fair, but aren't a one party state either) by disqualifying candidates, rather than by limiting the franchise.

Ekweremadu, who spoke at the Parliament of the United Kingdom, where he delivered a lecture entitled, «African Politics: The Dynamics and Lessons,» warned that any attempt to manipulate the election would threaten the peace in Nigeria.

If Coleman or Franken win I can't be confident who actually won and who was able to manipulate election law to exclude valid votes or include valid votes.

He added that, for a military command to manipulate an election in favour of a particular candidate and harass opposition candidates and members is unconstitutional and abuse of the military.

Kenya opposition presidential candidate Raila Odinga has said the electoral commission's IT system has been hacked to manipulate the election results.

The governor said Rivers people would continue to resist fraudulent attempts to manipulate election results.

In the view of the constituents, this is a ploy to manipulate the election of party executives at the constituency level, through to the national level.

But this incident highlights a key feature of Facebook, to utilize personal information to deliver specific advertising to individuals, and only goes to underscore a critical weakness in the American electorate: that this information can not only be used to manipulate an election, but it can be obtained relatively easily, with few checks.

«Manipulating an election in a small developing country doesn't have the same sort of ripple effect of electing Donald Trump into the White House,» Wylie said.

Facebook has for months faced an uproar among users whose complaints range from the spread of fake news to the use of the network to manipulate elections and the harvesting of 50 million people's Facebook data by the political consultancy Cambridge Analytica.

The company published a blog post on Thursday outlining some of the steps it's taking to prevent foreign governments from using Facebook to try and manipulate an election, like Russian actors did on Facebook during the 2016 campaign.

Facebook is facing serious questions after it was revealed that political data firm Cambridge Analytica illegally harvested over 50 million user profiles to help manipulate election campaigns for Donald Trump as well as the pro-Brexit camp.

In conclusion, the use of social media to manipulate elections and to provide other types of assistance to international crimes can potentially give rise to individual criminal responsibility under international law.

Cambridge Analytica already is being investigated by British and U.S. authorities over allegations the firm stole data from 50 million Facebook users and used it to manipulate elections.

This came after Observer and New York Times had put out their detailed reports highlighting how the data was used to manipulate elections.

Cambridge Analytica is alleged to have stolen data from 50 million Facebook users to US elections manipulate elections.

Facebook has for months faced an uproar among users whose complaints range from the spread of fake news to the use of the network to manipulate elections.

Once news reports broke about Facebook data leaks and how it was misused to manipulate elections, governments in both UK, US governments started asking tough questions.

With the focus over the past few years being on liberals using social media to manipulate elections, it appears that the same practices by those called conservatives has been overlooked.

Authorities in the U.S. and Europe are bearing down on Facebook and political data - mining firm Cambridge Analytica over allegations the firm stole data from 50 million Facebook users and used it to manipulate elections.

Authorities in the U.S. and the U.K. are bearing down on Facebook and political data - mining firm Cambridge Analytica over allegations the firm stole data from 50 million Facebook users and used it to manipulate elections.

They purposely pushed fake news to the most vulnerable, credulous people to manipulate the election.

The head of Trump - affiliated data - mining firm Cambridge Analytica was suspended on Tuesday, March 20, 2018, while government authorities are bearing down on both the firm and Facebook over allegations the firm stole data from 50 million Facebook users to manipulate elections.

Not exact matches

Sandberg appeared on CNBC Thursday night, and in response to a question about Russia's use of the platform to manipulate the 2016 U.S. presidential election, offered a half - hearted apology, «We definitely didn't realize the gravity of the situation sooner.»

And the fourth was to breach US voting systems in as many as 39 states leading up to the election, in an effort to steal registration data that officials say could be used to target and manipulate voters in future elections.

During the 2016 election, it was obvious that Google manipulated searches to favor Hillary Clinton while showing disproportionately negative stories about Donald Trump and Bernie Sanders.

SEAN HANNITY: My question is, are you concerned within the process of this, we did discover that a foreign national, Christopher Steele, was paid through Fusion GPS, used Russian sources that not only weren't verified, but were debunked — are you concerned that was paid for, to manipulate the American people in the lead - up to an election?

Those systemic problems have dramatically worsened since the presidential election, with Facebook coming under intense fire on multiple fronts: Russian operatives using Facebook to manipulate voter sentiment during the presidential election, Facebook accounts spreading «fake» news, the potential for its advertising system to be used for racist targeting and its slow response to violent or harmful content on the platform.

Venezuelan crisis intensifies after vote, arrests Following a disputed election for a new legislative body last weekend, in which voting tallies were reportedly manipulated, and the arrest of two high - profile opposition leaders, Venezuelan president Nicolas Maduro faces increased pressure both from within Venezuela and without.

The revelations around Cambridge Analytica and its parent company, SCL Elections which boasts of «handling» 100 election campaigns in more than 30 countries across five continents — principally by manipulating Facebook data — are shocking, and we're not going to tolerate such data manipulation any longer.

In a letter to Facebook, the Indian government wrote: «What security architecture is proposed to be created by Facebook, on an urgent basis, so that the data concerning Indians is not pilfered or manipulated again for extraneous purposes including to influence the elections.»

The hashtag #DeleteFacebook is trending since the news broke out that data of 50 million users were harvested by the data analytics firm Cambridge Analytica during 2016 US presidential elections in a bid to manipulate votes.

The politicians are masters of manipulating people's emotions every election cycle so as to keep their respecting voting bases in line.

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