accountable

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It will also put perpetrators on notice that they could be held accountable.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 1, 2026

For years, efforts to hold social-media companies accountable ran into Section 230 of the 1996 Communications Decency Act, which shields platforms from liability for content posted by users.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 1, 2026

Can we hold the human that coded the agent accountable for things that the agent might do autonomously?

From Slate • Apr. 1, 2026

Defra said if waste collection authorities did not comply with their statutory duties, they risked judicial review - but as independent bodies, councils were accountable to their electorate rather than ministers or government departments.

From BBC • Mar. 30, 2026

If either of us slips through the net because of something that happens on one of our daily walks, the other will be accountable.

From "The Handmaid's Tale" by Margaret Atwood