Sentences with phrase «profiles by abusing»

Over the weekend, a whistleblower revealed that the British data company Cambridge Analytica illicitly obtained information from as many as 50 million Facebook profiles by abusing Facebook's data - sharing features.

Facebook has been rocked since Friday's revelation that Trump - linked British data company Cambridge Analytica had obtained as many as 50 million Facebook profiles by abusing Facebook's data sharing features.

On Friday, it was revealed that Trump - linked data company Cambridge Analytica, a United States - based subsidiary of UK - based firm SCL, had obtained as many as 50 million Facebook profiles by abusing Facebook's data sharing features.

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On Wednesday, Facebook added fuel to the fire by disclosing that «malicious actors» had abused a feature to likely scrape the public profile information of the company's two billion users.

Fallon's was the first high - profile resignation after a growing number of allegations of inappropriate behavior were made against ministers and lawmakers, fuelled by sex abuse allegations against Hollywood movie producer Harvey Weinstein.

However, malicious actors have also abused these features to scrape public profile information by submitting phone numbers or email addresses they already have through search and account recovery.

The company says it discovered the feature was abused by «malicious actors», writing: «Given the scale and sophistication of the activity we've seen, we believe most people on Facebook could have had their public profile scraped in this way»

Malicious actors have also abused these features to scrape public profile information by submitting phone numbers or email addresses they already have through search and account recovery.

Wesolowski's case provides a high - profile chance for the Pope, who has been accused by some victims» groups of downplaying the sexual abuse scandal, to take concrete action against one of the Vatican's own.

The complainant did not pursue the allegation again until 2012 after several high - profile cases of historical sexual abuse by church figures had broken in Australia and the US, as well as the Jimmy Savile scandal.

High - profile Australian politicians, actors and psychologists — as well as some of Animals Australia's own investigators — speak at the rallies, urging the government to take strong action to help protect animals from abuse by ending the cruel live export trade.

I'd directed a documentary short profiling her for Vice largely based on her courage overcoming nearly being murdered by Floyd Mayweather Jr.'s uncle Roger, along with a slew of horrific abuses, both sexual and physical, she'd endured growing up in her family home.

Huppert is now being greeted by exaggerated groans and abuse every time he stands up in the Commons» high - profile sessions; on this occasion he had to be rescued by Speaker John Bercow, who insisted Huppert's «democratic right» to ask a question would be respected.

The sexual abuse of vulnerable teenagers by British Pakistanis has been the subject of a series of high - profile police investigations.

And on Monday morning, the Daily News reported that Schneiderman had launched an investigation of state lawmakers» campaign finance practices as well as the system — subject to some high - profile abuses — by which they're reimbursed for business in Albany.

Now customers can not only act on the reputations for devices known by the iovation network, they can also receive risk scores for new devices that match the profiles and behaviors of devices associated with fraud and abuse.

Even though the site is dedicated for over 60 dating, it is abused by people who create vague profiles.

Dushku posted a lengthy essay on Facebook last night, opening up about an incident from 25 years ago in which she says Joel Kramer — whose recent credits include high - profile projects like Blade Runner 2049, Star Trek: Discovery, and Westworld — first earned her and her family's trust during her time on the Arnold Schwarzenegger action vehicle, and then abused it by luring her to a hotel room in the guise of letting her swim at the facility's pool.

In light of the rash of high profile accusations, let alone documented incidents, of child abuse / sexual harassment, by school personnel, educators should take extra precaution to protect themselves and the children in their care.

The Publishers Association especially should be concerned that the industry is not tainted by such a high profile abuse.

The toolset of denialist restriction - by - authority is always the same: rudeness, abuse, anger amounting to rage, personal profiling, selective enforcement of arbitrary rules, legal threats, enemy lists, and outright censorship of threatening ideas — always with a view toward sustaining a «protected bubble» for denialist beliefs.

Jim Romanesko's coverage of yesterday's Pulitzer prizes features this profile of Stephen Kurkjian, Boston Globe metro editor and member of the team that exposed the scope of sexual abuse by Roman Catholic priests.

This case involved several consolidated high profile lawsuits filed by plaintiffs who claimed that clergy members sexually abused them decades earlier.

Mahmood Lone Qualified: 2004 Made partner: 2014 Key cases: Advising a leading global financial institution on high profile FX investigations pursued by multiple regulators, prosecutors and antitrust authorities across four continents; successfully represented a major financial institution on an FCA investigation into alleged market abuse in relation to trading on a securities market.

Of course, there is a host of high - profile abuses by notorious plaintiffs» attorneys that Nader fails to mention:

Founded by legendary attorney Johnnie L Cochran, Jr., The Cochran Firm's Washington D.C. office has a team of seasoned attorneys who handle high - profile cases involving catastrophic personal injury, wrongful death, medical malpractice, nursing home abuse, sexual harassment, product liability, among other legal matters.

Most recently, Mark obtained a $ 7 million dollar verdict at trial in a high profile, sexual harassment and wrongful termination case involving an employee - turned - whistleblower who exposed evidence of sexual abuse by celebrity yoga guru Bikram Choudhury.

However, malicious actors have also abused these features to scrape public profile information by submitting phone numbers or email addresses they already have through search and account recovery.

In the wake of high - profile New York Times and New Yorker reports about extensive, long - term sexual abuse of women by Hollywood producer and executive Harvey Weinstein, victims of sexual harassment and assault are coming forward to share their stories on social media and in the press.

Malicious actors have also abused these features to scrape public profile information by submitting phone numbers or email addresses they already have through search and account recovery.

«However, malicious actors have also abused these features to scrape public profile information by submitting phone numbers or email addresses they already have through search and account recovery,» he added.

The company said it found people abused that feature to hoover the public profile information by submitting emails or phone numbers they already had.

On Wednesday, Facebook added fuel to the fire by disclosing that «malicious actors» had abused a feature to likely scrape the public profile information of the company's two billion users.

A feature allowing people to enter someone else's phone number or email address into a Facebook search to find them on the platform has been disabled, after being abused by unspecified «malicious actors» who harvested the public profiles of most of Facebook's two billion users.

While this was useful to people to find friends who may have a common name, Facebook says malicious actors abused it by collecting people's profile information through phone or email lists they had access to.

«However, malicious actors have also abused these features to scrape public profile information by submitting phone numbers or email addresses they already have through search and account recovery,» says the post.

Chief technology officer Mike Shroepfer, who wrote the update, said this was because «malicious actors» had «abused these features to scrape public profile information by submitting phone numbers or email addresses they already have through search and account recovery».

Schroepfer said that «malicious actors have also abused these features to scrape public profile information by submitting phone numbers or email addresses they already have», and that «most people on Facebook could have had their public profile scraped in this way.

Michigan's support for home visiting is especially critical, given that the number of confirmed victims of child abuse and neglect in the state rose 16 percent between 2000 and 2008, according to the Annie E. Casey Foundation's Kids Count Data Book 2009, a profile of the status of children on a national and state - by - state basis.

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.