Sentences with phrase «uproar over»

After an uproar over what United Nations human rights officials called an «extraordinary rendition,» Kazakhstan permitted them to return to Italy seven months later.

The FHFA took steps to rein in compensation this past year after an uproar over the multimillion - dollar pay packages for Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac's top executives.

Zuckerberg's comments are likely to rile critics who have called on Facebook to make more drastic revisions to its privacy and data handling practices following the uproar over voter - profiling firm Cambridge Analytica.

Twelve years later, Zuckerberg could have written the same line again following the uproar over the acquisition of up to 60 million Facebook profiles by voter - profiling firm Cambridge Analytica (see Facebook and Cambridge Analytica: Data Scandal Intensifies).

Amid uproar over data breach at Facebook, IT Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad held discussions with senior ministry officials to explore steps to ensure that consumers data on social media is not misused to influence elections.

Allegations that Prime Minister Narendra Modi's official mobile app was sending personal user data to a third party without consent caused an online uproar over the weekend.

Apple has attempted to quell the uproar over that move by offering battery replacements for older models at the discounted price of US$ 29.

WASHINGTON — Republican leaders, turning away from significant gun control legislation, have shifted instead toward measures that would beef up security at the nation's schools, hoping the push will quell public uproar over the recent massacre in Parkland, Fla..

Apple CEO Tim Cook had harsh words for Facebook and the recent uproar over how the social network handled user data.

Zuckerberg's comments reflected the first time he apologized following an uproar over how Facebook allowed third - party developers to access user data.

• the 2006 user uproar over the introduction of the News Feed; • the 2007 outrage over Facebook allowing user profiles to be discoverable by search engines; • the 2008 complaints about Facebook's practice of indefinitely keeping copies of user data from deleted accounts; • the 2008 backlash when the «Beacon» program was introduced; • the 2009 user indignation about expansions to Facebook's user data retention policies; • the 2010 concern over the way Facebook was handling privacy and was divulging identifying information to advertisers; • the 2010 worry that Facebook was «breaking things»; • the 2015 critique that Facebook was acting in an anti-competitive manner in introducing a «Free Basics» program in India; • and more recently, in responses over Facebook's influence on the 2016 U.S. elections and other global elections.

The announcement came after TechCrunch revealed the day before that Facebook had been secretly deleting old messages sent by CEO Mark Zuckerberg from recipients» inboxes, sparking uproar over breaches of user trust and double standards for the privacy of Facebook executives versus its users.

Executives responded to the current uproar over the weekend by arguing that what happened didn't constitute a data breach — prompting users, privacy advocates and others to say it was missing the point.

A number of U.S. lawmakers also have begun demanding answers from Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg and other prominent Silicon Valley executives, amid a growing uproar over the reports, which surfaced last week.

This week's uproar over Facebook Inc..

By contrast, where is the ABA's uproar over the Florida Bar's overly restrictive advertising rules that violate the First Amendment?

Photo Credit: Jack Frog / Shutterstock.com The media uproar over a massive leak of celebrity photos is putting a new focus on an interesting legal question: Is there a constitutional right to keep your selfies private?

Now the buzz: What captivates me is George W. Bush's swift decisionmaking to re-nominate Roberts as chief justice — within 36 hours of the announcement of Rehnquist's death and amidst well - blogged national uproar over the widely criticized federal response to the tragedy in New Orleans.

More importantly, where is the uproar over our own country's gagging of Vokey and Stewart?

Recently there was an uproar over people like me obtaining certification as a sommelier because the traditional role of the «somm» is to serve wine at a restaurant.

Certainly, uproar over the seeming protection of larger creditors, typically banks, at the expense of the pensioners, seems justified.

Although there has been a recent uproar over the security of cloud storage, there has not been much discussion about Dropbox.

There is no doubt that because of the uproar over the RBC use of TFW, the program will be reformed.

Ten Things about Litigation that Arbitration Critics Won't Tell You by George H. Friedman * The recent uproar over General Mills» decision to adopt and later retract a new policy by which consumers, by engaging in activities such as downloading a recipe, or participating in a contest, or «liking» the firm on Facebook, would unwittingly be...

When news of Keller's phone call hit the press, it generated an uproar over the conservative judge, whom opponents have nicknamed «Sharon Killer.»

Hours later, as African negotiators were leading an uproar over the accord and civil society groups were protesting outside, it was still unclear which other countries were willing to support a backdoor deal forged by just five countries outside the typical UN process.

Given the uproar over President Trump's decision to withdraw from the Paris Agreement, statements in the report about that topic are also likely to be widely quoted.

Given the current uproar over Canada's tar sands and the Keystone XL pipeline as well as past pitched battles over expanded oil and gas production, I have a hard time imagining Congressional Democrats or their environmentalist supporters getting behind the idea of opening ANWR to oil and gas drilling.

Over the last three weeks, as the Museum of Contemporary Art has weathered an uproar over the resignation — some would say ouster — of its chief curator, Paul Schimmel, and the subsequent resignation of four internationally known artists from MOCA's board, one key person has been notably silent: Jeffrey Deitch, the museum's director.

«I don't really understand the uproar over it,» Sciortino, a blogger and Vogue.com's resident sex columnist, told BI.

France was in such uproar over the loss that it ended up being featured on news papers around the world.

Despite the uproar over the slow release schedule, many praised the book for its unique sword and sorcery style and brighter storyline than a lot of titles of that era.

Sega nerds, RPG fans, and gamers in general should be in an uproar over missing out on this fantastic game over such a superfluous reason as questionable availability.

EA's stock price dove 8.5 % following the uproar over Battlefront's egregious lockboxes, the resulting decision to (temporarily) remove them from the business model, and weaker than expected sales.

Despite the recent uproar over microtransactions, Konami have opted to include them in Survive.

We covered a lot, from the recent uproar over the sexist nature of gaming to how to be a games journalist to the imminent closure of Nintendo Power magazine.

With the recent uproar over the alleged «pay to win» system, the move could not have come at a better time.

I remember there being quite the uproar over the name choice.

Recently gamers have been in uproar over the announcement that 38 Studio's and Big Huge Games new action - RPG Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning would be using the dreaded Online Pass.

This is why the uproar over 1080p / 60 fps isn't going to help anyone.

Dog bites are a major problem, dog owners often misunderstand dog behavior, and communities are often in an uproar over loose dogs, destructive dogs, noisy dogs, and inconsiderate owners of bratty dogs.

Visit Steve's Personal Website to read his column about the uproar over how the Obama's got their puppy.

Another example: I've always had a strong suspicion that J.K. Rowling's success is due largely to the Christian uproar over her first book, which was expressed in a MASSIVE email forwarding campaign (I wrote my MA thesis about this, which became a major non-fiction book, which makes me basically the World Expert on religious reactions to Harry Potter).

Back in December, uproar over the company's beleaguered Nexus 4 smartphone release in the UK prompted Dan Cobley, Google's managing director there, to issue a penitent apology on his Google + account:

The uproar over Pottermore has only settled down minutely, but now that the initial excitement has worn off and the shouts of praise for the pioneering author have stopped echoing off the halls of the forums and blogs, the whiners are coming out of the woodwork.

Some of the first uproar over Amazon's newest publishing option, KDP Select, has quieted down as various industry watchers wait to see some results.

The new BMW Z4 is going to make its debut sometime in the summer of this year, quelling the uproar over the roadster's surprising absence at the 2018 Geneva Motor Show.

Why There's an Uproar Over Trying to Increase Funding for Poor Schools New York Times commentary by Kevin Carey, who directs the education policy program at New America

From where EdTrust sits, the uproar over the Florida plan (and similar plans like it) also ignores its contention that Cut the Gap in Half actually forces states, districts, and schools to work harder because they must improve achievement for poor and minority students at annual clips greater than the average rate.

Anyone who has been paying attention to education matters the past few years has surely noticed the understandable uproar over the attempt to rate teachers based on student standardized test score «growth.»