repression

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Meta's Oversight Board warned that expanding the model outside the United States could pose "significant human rights risks and contribute to tangible harms" to people living under repression or conflict.

From Barron's • Apr. 2, 2026

His history of repression is unlikely to be of much concern to Washington, said Michael Singh, a former U.S.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 25, 2026

Iranian authorities have a formidable internal security apparatus, numbering an estimated "850,000 agents of repression", Pierre Razoux, director of studies at the Mediterranean Foundation for Strategic Studies, told French lawmakers on Wednesday.

From Barron's • Mar. 5, 2026

But those efforts mostly did not lead to significant reforms and, in some countries, prompted further repression.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 3, 2026

The silence—driven by stigma and fear of shame—results in a repression of public thought, a collective denial of lived experience.

From "The New Jim Crow" by Michelle Alexander