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

He and fellow student Valentina Scaloni, 24, don't agree with the principle of US intervention but feel it was necessary to achieve freedom after years of repression by the government.

From BBC • Mar. 17, 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

This is progress of a sort, but it’s also repression, since it means that pop culture has succeeded to a considerable extent in burying something that used to be right out in the open.

From "Class Matters" by The New York Times