Sentence examples for toothless regulations from inspiring English sources

Or will it prove unworkable, as did Europe's generally toothless regulations on the long-term storage of personal data?

The fault for this process probably lies most with the people who profited most from it, but there is plenty of blame to share amongst industry, government for complicity in the form of toothless regulations, and yes, you, dear reader, and me, and the rest of America.

TOKYO — In surprisingly frank public testimony on Wednesday, Japan's nuclear safety chief said the country's regulations were fundamentally flawed and laid out a somber picture of a nuclear industry shaped by freewheeling power companies, toothless regulators and a government more interested in promoting nuclear energy than in safeguarding the health of its citizens.

Since the first major airpocalypse in 2013, Chinese authorities have issued a raft of new laws on air pollution, set up real-time public monitoring stations throughout the country and given teeth to previously toothless environmental regulations.

Suddenly a toothless rule had fangs.

But a return to the toothless self-regulation of the discredited Press Complaints Commission, after recent revelations of endemic malpractice, is hardly more desirable.

Chester says he has learned through his involvement in the review process that the new guidelines likely will still focus on relatively toothless self-regulation.

Consumer advocates note that simply passing legislation requiring tighter regulation is toothless if regulators themselves don't get the funding they need to patrol their beats.

The law aimed to stop illegal immigration by imposing sanctions on employers who might hire undocumented workers, but a proliferation of fake documents, outsourcing employment to third-party contractors, and a lack of enforcement rendered the new regulations toothless.

Self-serving self-regulation or toothless guidelines set by an agency that appears to be complicit in maintaining the status quo?

Skeptics are right to be worried that health industry leaders are primarily trying to head off strong federal policies and regulations by making toothless pledges of voluntary action.