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violate

[vahy-uh-leyt] / ˈvaɪ əˌleɪt /




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Regulators around the world have been ramping up enforcement against social media companies that violate laws around protecting children's data, privacy and safety.

From Barron's Aug. 21, 2026

Now the Federal Trade Commission is putting companies on notice that the practice could violate consumer-protection law.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 19, 2026

According to interviews and internal emails reviewed by ProPublica, career staffers at the Justice Department warned that transferring voter rolls to HSI to enable it to search for noncitizen voters could violate federal privacy laws.

From Salon Aug. 15, 2026

The team also found that the photons displayed correlations that violate Bell's inequality.

From Science Daily Aug. 8, 2026

I can see, for instance, how she might have felt I had been the one to first violate an understanding, and that her little dig had just been a retaliation.

From "Never Let Me Go" by Kazuo Ishiguro

When Teng feels that including a photo of dead children violates their dignity, Perlmutter chides her, insisting that their obligation is to show Americans what their tax dollars are funding.

From Barron's Aug. 19, 2026

The online retailer said it takes measures to remove content that violates its guidelines.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 17, 2026

Now, there is a question of whether that law violates the Kentucky Constitution, the United States Constitution, or both constitutions.

From Slate Aug. 1, 2026

Rather than asking whether terraforming violates the laws of physics, researchers believe the more important questions are whether humanity should pursue it and what the safest path would look like.

From Science Daily Jul. 17, 2026

There has to be something serious, something provable, something that violates school policies, or something that violates the law.

From "The Landry News" by Andrew Clements

TikTok has agreed to pay $400 million to settle a lawsuit with the US Department of Justice over claims that the video-sharing platform violated federal children's privacy laws, the department announced on Friday.

From Barron's Aug. 21, 2026

The complaint, filed with the California Department of Education, asks the state agency to investigate whether education codes have been violated.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 18, 2026

L3Harris only said that an investigation found the CEO had violated the company’s code of conduct and that his alleged behavior wouldn’t impact the company’s financial performance, business relationships and operations.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 18, 2026

The Center for Biological Diversity has sued the government to block the project, alleging the waivers violated the Constitution.

From Barron's Aug. 17, 2026

Due process had been violated, Korematsu claimed, along with other constitutional rights.

From "Farewell to Manzanar" by Jeanne Houston

In addition, it reported that Flippo was fired from a job in the financial services industry after his company accused him of violating policies and regulations.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 23, 2026

When police searched Hunter Bookstore on 24 June, they accused owner Letitia Wong, 33, and a 32-year-old man, of violating those laws and arrested them for sedition and money laundering.

From BBC Aug. 21, 2026

“The risk-taking can be happening in secret, and that gets into violating trust and financial infidelity,” Taylor warned.

From MarketWatch Aug. 18, 2026

The lab team also worried about violating longstanding safeguards limiting use of private citizen data.

From Salon Aug. 15, 2026

When the police told her that she was violating the law, she demanded that a chair be placed directly in the center aisle, and she sat there.

From "The Voice That Challenged a Nation: Marian Anderson and the Struggle for Equal Rights" by Russell Freedman




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