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Australia became the first country to enforce a social media ban for under 16s in 2025.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 16, 2026

Concurring, Justice Brett M. Kavanaugh agreed it was too late to enforce the new rules for this election.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 14, 2026

He also addressed the accusations of antisemitism, writing that "one of the most effective ways to enforce silence has been to weaponize the accusation of antisemitism".

From BBC ● Sep. 14, 2026

Tech leaders say it’s sometimes a shot in the dark knowing what the limit should be for a given job title, and even harder to know when to extend or enforce that limit.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 10, 2026

“The Department doesn’t want you to enforce the law—it doesn’t train you to do that,” Voltraw said.

From "Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing" by Ted Conover

His case highlights how China’s all-powerful state security system enforces opaque laws in unpredictable ways that raise risks for U.S. passport holders, all while Beijing works to court foreign investors, academics and tourists.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 13, 2026

Boland said Ofcom, which enforces the OSA, should be encouraged use it to "crack down on irresponsible online platforms that leave consumers wide open to fraud".

From BBC ● Sep. 2, 2026

The Coastal Act and the agency that enforces it have fielded some fair criticism over the years from developers, homeowners and others.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 28, 2026

For more than a decade, aircraft entering Yemeni airspace have needed prior clearance from the Saudi-led coalition that backs the government and says it enforces the restriction at its request.

From Barron's ● Jul. 13, 2026

These are all distinct operations, and are all carried forward with the most elaborate machinery, adapted to the division of labour which it enforces, and by which it is enforced.

From Knowledge is Power: A View of the Productive Forces of Modern Society and the Results of Labor, Capital and Skill. by Charles Knight

Top U.S. officials doubt whether any agreement could be credibly enforced or verified.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 17, 2026

To be fair, I don’t know how a quiet-phone rule is supposed to be enforced, short of officers patrolling trains all day.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 15, 2026

However, a more recent survey of students in Kyiv found that 82% chose to speak Russian during break times, even though Ukrainian is enforced in classrooms.

From BBC ● Sep. 5, 2026

The local suppression of abolitionist mail persisted throughout the antebellum era during the administrations of Jackson’s eight successors, none of whom enforced the federal statute prohibiting detention of the mail.

From Slate ● Sep. 4, 2026

It’s the policy enforced by every editor and composition instructor, and you should understand what it takes to please them.

From "The Sense of Style" by Steven Pinker

In each of those cases, what we have witnessed is the court enforcing federal statutes.

From Slate ● Sep. 16, 2026

Describing the "major challenges" with enforcing the Act, she told BBC Radio 4's Today programme two penalties had so far been issued to companies but no fines had yet been paid.

From BBC ● Sep. 16, 2026

It created a national authority capable of enforcing existing EU regulations, which had already formally come into force.

From Barron's ● Sep. 7, 2026

Government has a legitimate role in protecting rights, enforcing contracts, punishing fraud and preserving the conditions of ordered liberty.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 27, 2026

At night, Erwin pedaled his bicycle through the mill village enforcing a 10 P.M. “lights-out” rule.

From "The Best of Enemies" by Osha Gray Davidson