Sentences with phrase «public backlash against»

Its ridiculous comments like the one above that have created such a huge public backlash against TREB.

The public backlash against Cambridge Analytica and Facebook centres on their practices of harvesting psychological data to influence political behaviour.

When I read announcements at that time, I don't recall any which explored public backlash against Radford's role in the chilling controversy where thirty Greenpeace activists were arrested and held in Russia for a protest stunt at a Russian oil drilling rig.

UK faces green agenda backlash as energy prices rise — The British government faces a public backlash against its green energy agenda as consumers are unwilling to spend more on -LSB-...]

Climate scientists around the world have been struggling to understand the public backlash against anthropogenic global warming over the last 12 months or so.

If nothing else, that big majorities of both parties in Congress felt the need to greatly ease federal force in elementary and secondary education — at least overt federal force — is a powerful testament to the breadth of the public backlash against federally driven standardization, testing, and «accountability.»

The Obama administration and Congress faltered over the looming reauthorization of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act given the nearly universal public backlash against the 10 year old NCLB, perhaps the most loathed and destructive public education policy to date.

But we find little evidence of a public backlash against Common Core and test - based accountability, at least on the basis of new information about local school district rankings.

The minor parties, including the Green party and UKIP, were considered to have benefited from the public backlash against the major parties.

But the last government dropped the plans to increase duty on cider by ten per cent after a public backlash against the move.

Archer toyed with a sale process last year but put that on ice when sentiment soured around the dairy sector after the troubles at Victoria's Murray Goulburn and the public backlash against private label milk at the big supermarket chains Coles and Woolworths.

«The public backlash against the religious zealotry of that period was wholly justified.»

After a public backlash against the airline, it amended the policy but refused to reimburse Eweida for the wages she lost for the time she was sent home without pay for refusing to hide her cross.

The FCC has faced enormous public backlash against both the repeal itself, and the agency's handling of the comment process.

He appears to be determined to take advantage of a public backlash against gun violence.

Lane kept up that effort, saying that governments must put a greater emphasis on retraining and lifelong learning or risk a public backlash against the merits of freer trade.

Not exact matches

Hawley's inquiry comes amid withering public and political backlash against Facebook for its role in allowing Cambridge Analytica to access information about its users and to possibly influence the 2016 presidential election campaign.

The beleaguered top honchos of the U.S. tech giants undoubtedly will be scrambling to figure out how to minimize the ongoing public - policy and public - opinion backlash against them.

The move came amidst a public backlash in Denmark against Islam in the wake of Islamist violence a decade ago over Danish newspaper cartoons satirizing the Prophet Mohammad, a series of deadly militant attacks in Europe including one in Denmark, and a large influx of mainly Muslim migrants in 2015.

Public companies for the first time this year must disclose how much more they pay their chief executive than their median employee, a rule born in the wake of the financial crisis and amid a social backlash against rising income inequality.

Egypt's public prosecutor announced the charges Tuesday, the latest development in the deadly backlash against the low - budget, amateurish 14 - minute movie trailer produced privately in the United States and posted on YouTube.

So last month, when the Center for Science in the Public Interest announced it was filing a class action lawsuit to stop McDonald's from using Happy Meal toys to market to children, the fierce and ugly backlash against the mother of two who was brave enough to attach her name to the case was predictable.

Adding to this disillusion, he continues, is a gradual erosion of public faith in politics, driven in part by the distorting impact of 24 - hour news and social media — «it does trivialise politics, and it has done a real amount of damage to the perception of politics» — a backlash against a political class that favours spin over frankness — «I detest spin, it is deceit and it is intended to be deceit» — and, ultimately, by the failure of mainstream parties to «reach out beyond the political sphere» and speak to people's real concerns.

February saw Ms Spelman apologise to MPs for the plans to sell off the forests, after a popular backlash against the proposals which prompted a sustained public campaign against them.

It follows the backlash from voters across Europe against plans to cut public spending.

In the Internet age, in which the Chinese public is becoming increasingly vocal about their rights and mobilizing on social networks, popular protests like the demonstrations in the city of Jiangmen against the processing plant suggest a wider backlash against nuclear power.

Contrary to widespread view that the recession led to a substantial backlash against immigration, Professor Timothy Hatton, at the University of Exeter, found that the two most influential variables shifting public opinion on immigration are actually the share of immigrants in the population and the share of social benefits.

The government's caution is widely perceived as a reaction to a furious backlash from the public against genetically modified foods and crops, and public suspicion of experts and government in the wake of the crisis over BSE, or «mad cow disease.»

SCMP - Dec 11 - Allegations of misconduct against a former employee just 40 hours before his new venture Momo went public have created a media backlash against NetEase - China's fifth - largest internet firm by market value.

The public lack of grief on the part of the Royals brought about a great backlash against them, and fearing additional public resentment, Queen Elizabeth II, at the behest of current Prime Minister Tony Blair, agreed to some compromises in order to preserve the institution of the Royal Family, including a public television address and walking among the people, acts which were exceedingly rare for the Queen of England.

The failure of both «The Maxx» TV show and of The Caveman's Valentine (while not forgetting the initial backlash against Unbreakable) suggests that the public may not be ready for America's surprising contributions to dark fantasy.

There's been a backlash against these films in recent years (partly levelled at the public school, Oxbridge provenance of the filmmakers), but the fact that most of them ride high on this list suggests they're still credited with initiating a new age of storytelling in British cinema, both in terms of the range, social and geographical, of subjects and a style of filmmaking that honours realism above all else.

A legal victory has ignited a backlash against Gilbert Public Schools... John Wright, president of the state's largest teachers» union, said the lawsuit and now the ruling «have disastrous implications» for teachers in Career Ladder districts, including Gilbert's neighbors, Mesa Public Schools and Chandler Unified School District.

Some of these criticisms have been highlighted in political backlash against the Common Core State Standards, for example.11 Additionally, some critics argue that investments that significantly alter public institutions can create sustainability issues if funders» priorities shift and private support is withdrawn.

Critics have argued that some tactics employed by animal advocates, including protests, risk turning public opinion against the animal advocacy movement.178 While these activities make up a small proportion of L214's work, they do organize and participate in protests and demonstrations.179 Investigations make up a larger part of L214's work and have sometimes led to a slightly different type of backlash in which industry and government respond by attempting to pass laws that target advocates, such as ag - gag legislation in the United States.180 While L214 tries to maintain good relationships with media and the government, and France does not have ag - gag laws, they have sometimes been the target of lawsuits by industry because their footage is taken without permission.181 L214 has sometimes suffered negative consequences as a result of these lawsuits, such as fines or the requirement to take footage down from their website.182, 183

This is especially true for solar PV, where in Germany and Spain FIT payments have caused serious energy policy turmoil, and in the US, where net metering policies have caused public utility backlash against PV deployment in states like Arizona and California (a result of utilities being forced to pay 15 - 30ckWh for PV electricity instead of purchasing on the wholesale markets for 4 - 6c / kWh).

The public's «sustained backlash» against the Conservative Clean Air Act suggests that Canadians have passed the tipping point when it comes to climate change, said Price.

When I wrote the first edition of «The War Against the Greens» in 1994 I predicted that the violent «Wise Use» backlash against environmentalists created by public lands industries like mining and timber might someday be superceded by a more powerfulAgainst the Greens» in 1994 I predicted that the violent «Wise Use» backlash against environmentalists created by public lands industries like mining and timber might someday be superceded by a more powerfulagainst environmentalists created by public lands industries like mining and timber might someday be superceded by a more powerful force.

«Consumers have the right to know that the products they are buying are not fuelling crimes against humanity,» said Balint - Kurti, «Electronics brands and other companies that use conflict minerals now have a clear choice between showing leadership, or facing a public backlash.»

Because smart public health activists have focused private - sector attention on the risk of consumer backlash against products that might harm children, and because cost - effective alternatives to BPA already exist.

The story also increases the chances of a backlash from the public against data collection and analytics.

The Ontario Hospital Association has stated it wants hospitals to know about all complaints against doctors and nurses, [6] Ontario Health Minister Eric Hoskins pushed for better disclosure regarding public health inspections and outbreaks, [7] and the backlash to the QCIPA's effects was palpable.

Some commentators agree with Ginsburg that SCOTUS got far ahead of public opinion in Roe v. Wade and created a backlash against abortion rights that continues to this day.

When the public learns that a lawyer was aware of such matters, there is usually a backlash against the lawyer as the public expresses their disapproval with the information not being divulged.

The backlash against Facebook has sparked the #leavefacebook movement, and pressure from politicians, the media and the public will require Zuckerberg to do a lot more than take out newspaper ads, as he did in the UK at the weekend.

In 2013, Goodes suffered backlash in media coverage and from the public for speaking out against being called «an ape» by a young spectator.