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Recent controversies, including people betting on events they can influence or have privileged information about, highlight how quickly these platforms can blur ethical lines.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 5, 2026

Many executives also cultivate friendships with elected officials to have "privileged channels" with public administrations, said Charles Thibout, a politic science professor at the Sciences Po Strasbourg university in eastern France.

From Barron's • Apr. 25, 2026

As a non-Nato ally, Kenya will have privileged access to sophisticated military equipment, training and loans to augment defence spending.

From BBC • May 24, 2024

One or more dominant “alpha mice” will have privileged access to food and females.

From Science Magazine • Jan. 27, 2023

“Some artists in Canada have privileged themselves to tell the stories of some of our missing and murdered Indigenous women and girls, and I consider that poaching, frankly,” says Beagan.

From The Guardian • Jul. 29, 2019