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The action came after a preliminary enquiry into the matter which showed that Global Science Research had created an app "thisisyourdigitallife" which was authorised by Facebook to collect specific datasets of its users for research and academic purposes in 2014, they said. … [Read more...] about CBI files case against Cambridge Analytica, Global Science Research for illegal data harvesting

NEW DELHI: The CBI on Friday booked UK-based consulting firm Cambridge Analytica and Global Science Research for illegally harvesting data of Facebook users.The action came after a preliminary enquiry into the matter which showed that Global Science Research had created an app "thisisyourdigitallife" which was authorised by Facebook to collect specific datasets of its users for research and academic purposes in 2014.The company then entered into a criminal conspiracy with Cambridge Analytica, allowing it to use the data harvested by it for commercial purposes, the officials said.Facebook had collected certificates from both the firms in 2016-17 that data collected by them using "thisisyourdigitallife" was accounted for and destroyed. However, the CBI enquiry did not find any evidence of any such destruction, according to the officials."The enquiry prima facie established that Global Science Research Ltd, UK dishonestly and fraudulently accessed data of app users of … [Read more...] about Data breach case: CBI books Cambridge Analytica, Global Science Research

Some public health experts believe we should deliver as many first doses to as many people as possible and give the second dose when supply becomes available. But the clinical trials that benchmarked the high efficacy rates for both the Pfizer and Moderna vaccines were based on specified three- to four-week delivery time windows. It’s unknown whether these same rates can be achieved if we arbitrarily manipulate this timing.  … [Read more...] about We need a science-based plan for vaccine distribution

Newly-installed White House Covid coordinator Jeff Zients told reporters Wednesday that Biden's pandemic strategy will be "a fundamentally different approach from the Trump administration," and will be "driven by science, data, and public health" -- not politics. … [Read more...] about Biden unveils Covid-19 plan based on ‘science not politics’ as he signs new initiatives

But in 2011, another panel of experts reviewed Parks’ case and concluded that the jury had been misled. Relying on new standards in burn science — including a phenomenon known as flashover, in which the intense heat of a fire can cause a sudden burst of flames in an enclosed space, obscuring its origin point — they argued that the evidence showed the fire sparked by accident in one spot, the living room, and then spread. … [Read more...] about S.F. lawmaker’s bill would make it easier to challenge expert testimony as science advances