forbidden

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Telegram told the BBC it supports "peaceful free speech" and that calls to violence were "forbidden and are removed whenever discovered".

From BBC • Apr. 9, 2026

The contract terms are unusually strict, however: The licensees can sell to 120 low- and middle-income countries, but are strictly forbidden to provision 26 middle-income countries in Latin America, Eastern Europe and the Middle East.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 9, 2026

The platform will also be forbidden from restricting such third-party ticket sales in any way, whether by leveling extra fees or by adding any glitches to competitor transactions.

From Slate • Mar. 10, 2026

Reporters are forbidden by Hezbollah from freely accessing the group's stronghold in Beirut's southern suburbs, although the organisation does organise press trips.

From Barron's • Mar. 10, 2026

Representatives from the Deep South rose to express their outrage that the forbidden subject was again being allowed into public view.

From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis