Sentences with phrase «public criticism over»

It has faced intense public criticism over the lax controls on data gleaned from its platform, and has prompted CEO Mark Zuckerberg to apologize and testify before Congress next week.

Despite public criticism over the lawsuit, the school has apparently doubled down on the patent strategy, filing a wave of new lawsuits last week against more than 25 tech companies, including Microsoft (s msft), Dell, BlackBerry (s rim), Motorola (s goog) and Nokia (s nok).

Though Wall Street and investment banks have been getting hit hard by public criticism over the last few months, most wind farm projects and solar panel companies will look for private investment to generate an upswing of output — and if investors aren't willing to invest, the equity side of renewable energy deals could find itself in a complete standstill.

Responding to incidents of iPad misuse at district schools and widespread public criticism over problems with the rollout, the LA Unified board yesterday approved setting a special meeting later this month to «publicly grapple» with iPad issues.

JCOPE members originally granted an exemption to NARAL but then, facing public criticism over secrecy, turned down requests from the others.

The Deputy Minority leader in Parliament Dominic Nitiwul has sought to insulate Parliament from public criticism over the controversial $ 510 million AMERI power deal.

Recently former president Fernando de la Rúa was charged with bribing senators in the 2000 election and current president Cristina Kirchner has faced harsh public criticism over rampant corruption as well.

Not exact matches

This company reduced the out - of - pocket costs of EpiPen for some patients last week amid a wave of criticism from lawmakers and the public over the rapid escalation in the product's price in the past few years.

So it's hard to underestimate the significance of McNamee's increasingly public criticism of Facebook over the last couple of years, particularly in the light of the growing Cambridge Analytica storm.

The social media giant has grappled with the criticism over the issue for much of the past year, and struggled to keep public opinion on its side.

«The worst mistake parents make is giving power to public or family criticism over their decision - making about their child.»

He saved what was perhaps his most pointed criticism for the effort to make it easier for the state to assume control over struggling public schools through the appointment of a monitor.

The incident fueled continued criticism over the security detail that began as soon as the positions were made public.

De Blasio fired back at Cuomo over his criticism of the city's management of its public housing stock, questioning the governor's knowledge and familiarity with what's even happening at the New York City Housing Authority.

Williams recently defended Sarsour over criticism from Brooklyn Assemblyman Dov Hikind, a religious Jewish Democrat, over her upcoming commencement address at the City University of New York's Graduate School of Public Health and Health Policy.

Add to that Cuomo's newfound sensitivity to the highly public criticism from US Attorney Preet Bharara and others of the traditional «three - men - in - a-room» budget negotiation model, which has led to the governor's unusual in - person visits to the Capitol's third floor, and you get the diffuse and sometimes chaotic situation that we've witnessed over the past several days.

Cuomo has faced intense criticism since the policy was announced over the weekend, but he says he's doing what he thinks is necessary to keep the public calm and safe.

Last week's CIA criticism by Senator Dianne Feinstein is the latest chapter in the public debate over spying.

«You take on something you don't particularly enjoy but you've got a public duty and you've got to give it all to your public duty and accept the criticisms that come and just hope that when it's all over, you've got your reputation.»

Mayor de Blasio fired back at Gov. Cuomo on Friday over his criticism of the city's management of its public housing stock — questioning Cuomo's knowledge and familiarity with what's even happening at the New York City Housing Authority.

It was fueled by public broadsides — Mr. de Blasio, fed up, issued his sharpest criticism to date of the governor — and private resentments, including Mr. Cuomo's pique over the mayor's choice for a new press secretary.

Criticism over 45 new peerages and public anger over rising political costs force PM to support curbs on Lords appointments

Public employee unions tried to upend Rauner in the Republican primary over his criticism of «government union bosses» controlling a «corrupt» system with lawmakers and came close in a late push backing then - state Sen. Kirk Dillard of Hinsdale.

Hawkins had harsh criticisms for Cuomo's education agenda for shortchanging funding for public education, pushing high - stakes testing linked to the Common Core Standards to evaluate schools and teachers, undermining teachers» professional autonomy, and favoring private charter schools over public schools.

Breaking weeks of public silence, Albany County District Attorney David Soares on Thursday issued stinging criticism of Gov. Andrew Cuomo amid an ongoing dispute over who should handle the case of an Albany man who died in April after a late - night encounter with police.

Mayor Bill de Blasio says public housing residents deserve the «very best living standard» with which the city can provide them «with the money we have» amid criticism over the failure of New York City Housing Authority's (NYCHA) boilers and heating systems.

Rogers expertly admonishes what she calls «lazy environmentalism» and also «greenwashing» — corporate public relations campaigns designed to soothe and prevent public criticism of corporations over pollution, waste, environmental decimation and health threats.

The superintendent of Boston's public schools has become the focus of harsh criticism and intense speculation over how long she will remain at the helm of the 64,000 - student district.

The fact that NAS has attained a reputation as an advocate for public school improvement and, in some ways, has changed over the years hardly seems worthy of criticism.

Mr. Holliday had been despondent over public debate of his contract renewal and recent criticism of his administration.

In a belated response to the National Education Association's criticism of the Center for Education Reform (Letters, Jan. 31, 1996), I would like to express my resentment over the suggestion that I, and thousands of other charter school proponents across the country, are pursuing an «agenda» to erode public education.

A major criticism by Hasse and others is that charter schools will drain sorely needed money from regular public schools, on the order of $ 75.5 million statewide over the next four years, based on projections by the state Office of Financial Management.

That, despite widespread criticism of at least one of the two companies, K12 Inc., which, last year, reportedly settled a $ 168 million lawsuit with the state of California over allegations that it misled state leaders over academics and attendance in order to guzzle more public cash.

A short time later, a group of community leaders said the honorable thing for him to do would be to resign as superintendent of public instruction over his anonymous onlineblog responses that have drawn fierce criticism.

After all, it is no different than defensive statements against criticism of traditional teacher compensation and other failed practices within American public education made over the past few years by Weingarten and her colleagues within both the AFT and the National Education Association.

From where Casey sits, the criticism of Brown and others about the unwillingness of the AFT to embrace any reform of the obsolete process for teacher dismissals — including the Big Apple affiliate's successful opposition to Bloomberg's effort this year to give the city's schools chancellor final say over dismissing those alleged and convicted of criminal misconduct (and those engaged in inappropriate behavior with students)-- amounts to» a vicious slander» geared to «chip away at public support for the due process rights» and to «distract» people from the city's failures to put more effort into firing such teachers.

You know, NYSUT has focused — as have parents — their attention on the governor in lots of different ways, including the fact that there's been lots of criticism about... preferring charter schools over traditional public schools.

Criticism, ridicule, and public correction are likely to exacerbate anxieties that ELLs may suffer over having an accent or being different.

Still, Cerf sounded ready for the likely debate over the extent of the state's powers, saying any criticism that the administration is seeking to dismantle or privatize public schools is ill - founded.

Despite the criticism Lake Forest Charter School has received over the years for being one of the few public schools with selective enrollment, it isn't stopping New Orleans» parents from trying to claim a stake in the city's school choice melee.

The 99 % drop that coincided with the public criticism of Dr. Adoni of Amazon and CEO Jeff Bezos led Dr. Adoni to investigate the public financial reports of Amazon and he says the sales history of Amazon proves the publishing monopoly is now doing over 75 Billion a year in eBook related sales and not paying authors on most of the royalties.

Having been the punch bag of the Internet over the last week or so Ubisoft have responded to criticism in that lovably vague PR way by essentially saying, «we're still right, but we're going to graciously acquiest to the public anyway.»

«Many companies face criticism and critique, but few respond with the kind of vehemence and aggressive attack strategy that Exxon has executed over the last year,» Labowitz admonished Ben Soraci, President of the ExxonMobil Foundation and General Manager of Public and Governmental Affairs.

Its prior license expired in May but was extended by TfL for four months as the regulator continued to deliberate over whether it should grant Uber another full five year term in the face of rising criticism against its business — including on issues such as workers» rights and public safety.

San Luis Obispo Court Responds to Criticism over Limiting Public Access to Criminal Records by Citing Privacy Concerns

After the recent closure of a public access computer that had allowed searches of criminal and traffic records led to criticism that public information was now less accessible, the San Luis Obispo (CA) Superior Court officials cited «privacy concerns over outdated criminal and victim information» that was «exposed to background checking contractors» as a reason why the Court removed the public computer terminal on March 19, according to a report in the San Luis Obispo (SLO) Tribune, «SLO court closes public computer.»