backlash
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Amid public backlash, the company announced this month several platform changes, including a shorter data retention window and audit tools for law enforcement customers intended to flag abnormal search behavior.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 21, 2026
The backlash is a crisis for AI companies, which are facing bans or pauses on new projects in dozens of states and localities.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 21, 2026
After receiving complaints last year, the farm had new signs made to rename the ride The Big Tipper, but Campbell-Gray said this caused a "far greater" backlash.
From BBC ● Aug. 20, 2026
Eatherly claimed to Proud Boys founder Gavin McInnes on his podcast Get Off My Lawn that the road-rage incident created a backlash in the community that led to him being fired from his construction job.
From Slate ● Aug. 20, 2026
The backlash I’m receiving is making me hesitate, but I keep going.
From "Kwame Crashes the Underworld" by Craig Kofi Farmer
Several celebrities or influencers who have ventured into the crypto market have faced similar backlashes.
From BBC ● Dec. 6, 2024
There have been counterforces and backlashes and overcorrections, and then forward motion again—usually when the public is convinced that a change is only fair.
From Slate ● Nov. 3, 2024
By starting the exercise while most students were away on winter break, university leaders minimized the raucous backlashes that have bedeviled previous attempts by campus officials to take control of the park.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 6, 2024
Some South Korean celebrities like singers Harisu and Ha:tfelt have been speaking out on touchy subjects such as the anti-discrimination law and feminism, despite backlashes.
From Seattle Times ● Jun. 20, 2022
One way to think about those backlashes is as an emotional response to loss of status.
From New York Times ● Jun. 8, 2022
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