repressive
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Chilling effects are thus not only repressive – causing self-censorship – but productive.
From Salon • May 28, 2026
The Southeast Asian nation of 100 million is both an economic success story, boasting eight percent growth last year, and a repressive one-party state that often jails its critics.
From Barron's • Mar. 14, 2026
E2EE has been hailed by privacy experts as the best way to protect conversations from hackers, corporations and even repressive authorities trying to snoop on users.
From BBC • Mar. 3, 2026
Eighteen months later, the shah was gone and his repressive rule replaced with the Islamic Republic.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 8, 2026
But the hard facts were that fifty years of nonviolence had brought the African people nothing but more repressive legislation, and fewer and fewer rights.
From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela
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