Sentences with phrase «on curbing the abuse»

For years, Twitter has been criticized for focusing more on freedom of speech and anonymity than on curbing abuse and harassment of its users.

Over 400 MEPs signed a European Parliament declaration on curbing the abuse of power by supermarkets in the European Union.

Not exact matches

As Facebook general counsel Colin Stretch was testifying before three congressional committees on Tuesday and Wednesday, fielding questions from a succession of irate and mostly tech - illiterate legislators, his boss was preparing to break it to investors that curbing Russian information operations and other forms of abuse on his platform will be expensive.

Then there's Twitter's perpetually futile effort to curb abuse and harassment on its platform.

It is part of an effort by CEO Jack Dorsey to curb the amount of abuse and harassment on his service.

For some time now, Twitter has been trying to curb abuse and harassment on the service, after admitting that it hasn't done enough to stop trolls and deliberate misbehavior in the past.

He raised armies, successfully withstood the attacks of the Lombards, the latest of the Germanic barbarians to invade Italy, made his authority respected in Italy, Sicily, Gaul, Spain, and North Africa, attempted to curb the abuses in the Church in the Frankish domains, inaugurated the Roman mission to Britain, preached frequently, endeavored to enforce clerical celibacy, prompted monasticism and improved the quality of life in some of the houses which were lapsing from their professed ideals, and was the author of voluminous writings on theology that were long standard in the West.

Democrats in the state Senate introduced a package of bills that they say would lessen special interest influences in politics and curb some on going abuses.

The idea for the program stemmed from Oddo's Advisory Council on Substance Abuse which has been working to curb Staten Island's prescription drug and heroin epidemic.

County Legislator Lynne Dixon, County Legislators, the Erie County Council for the Prevention of Alcohol and Substance Abuse, Hamburg Police Department and community supporters announce the passage of a local law that makes adults responsible for allowing minors to consume alcohol on their property in hopes of curbing the careless approach many adults take concerning underage drinking.

At 1:15 p.m., the Senate releases a report with recommendations on how to curb heroin and opioid abuse, Room 124, Capitol, Albany.

She urged them to use their knowledge to serve the society saying «give voice to the voiceless, volunteer to read in your communities, do your part to combat illiteracy, offer talks on women's empowerment and civil rights to curb abuse of all forms».

State leaders yesterday announced agreement on a series of bills to help curb the rampant rise of heroin and other drug abuse in New York.

The Assembly and Senate were to vote on legislation they say will curb abuses against disabled people in state care.

All of this spending comes after lawmakers imposed campaign donation limits on public officials to curb the Blagojevich - era fundraising abuses.

Sen. Charles Schumer called on New York state education officials to curb the abuse of stimulative drugs used to help get students through all - night study sessions.

For one example, at an event on Friday, Cuomo announced a campaign to curb nail salon abuses — an issue that Mayor de Blasio has also championed.

In her remarks, the Permanent Secretary, state Ministry of Education, Hajiya Rafa'atu Hammani, said the state was ready to support efforts at curbing drug abuse among students and stressed that all school principals would be properly trained on prevention measures.

Despite the growing use of online support groups such as those on Facebook to help curb substance abuse, attending traditional face - to - face meetings may continue to be more effective for people trying to maintain sobriety, according to research presented at the American Psychological Association's 123rd Annual Convention.

Republican legislators who are championing the bill (HR 5049) say it's needed to curb abuses in a system that led to an $ 80 million projected cost overrun for NEON and forced NSF to fire the contractor on the $ 433 million project.

The new data might help inform efforts to curb substance abuse among young adults, «so that we can better target prevention programming to young adults from all walks of life with vital information on substance use disorder prevention and treatment,» Harding said in a SAMHSA news release.

Twitter has been pushing to curb hate speech and abuse on its platform.

The new plan cracks down on overtime abuses and curbs many work rules and add - on provisions that had previously been negotiated with the...

When the tie rod end starts to wear, it's commonly due to excessive abuse (like driving on bumpy roads or being hit by blunt objects like curbs and pot holes).

Hoping to curb these abuses, NCIB is putting the spotlight on slip and fall fraud, in addition to workers» compensation fraud.

«Curb sought on counsel to detainees; US asks court to restrict talks with lawyers»: The Boston Globe today contains an article that begins, «The US government is seeking to sharply restrict communication between defense lawyers and inmates at Guantanamo Bay prison, asserting that some lawyers have given inmates «inflammatory» material such as reports of abuses at Iraq's Abu Ghraib prison and news articles about terrorist attacks.»

It's part of a larger rollout of actions announced by the White House on Thursday to curb patent abuse.

To curb the bot abuse, Twitter is focusing on three different areas.

The news comes at a time that Congress is working on a law, the Innovation Act, intended to curb abuse of the patent system through measures like fee shifting and new legal discovery rules that would make it harder for patent trolls to swamp their targets with litigation costs.

After a significant rule overhaul to curb abuse, Twitter has set its sights on curbing another form of violence on the platform.

A more likely explanation, suggested by some on Twitter, is that the company wanted the news to coincide with a U.S. Senate committee hearing this week on a bill intended to curb the abuses of patent trolling.

On Dec. 5, 2013 the U.S. House passed the H.R. 3309 «Innovation Act» aimed at curbing abuses in the patent litigation system.

Vince Malta, NAR's 2015 Liaison for Law and Policy, testified on behalf of NAR and the United for Patent Reform Coalition, a diverse group of American businesses committed to curbing patent abuses.

Maybe M.P.s should be given a vote on the performance of high profile (unelected) bureaucrats at regular intervals during a government's life cycle, in a democratic attempt to curb «Abuse of Dominant Position» by said unelected czars.

United's move follows Delta airlines announcing it was introducing restrictions on emotional support animals in hopes of curbing abuse of policy and an 84 percent increase in adverse animal behavior such as urinating, defecating, biting and attacks on flights.