# Claim 202

Under National Security Regulations the Department of Information controlled newspaper and radio reports about military events, and monitored war correspondents.

Published 2026-09-22. Last reviewed 2026-09-22. 1 source.

- Statement: Under National Security Regulations the Department of Information controlled newspaper and radio reports about military events, and monitored war correspondents.
- Field: effect_on_reporting
- Value: Department of Information controlled coverage
- About: [incident 1944-australia-calwell-newspaper-seizure](https://thewaronnews.com/incidents/1944-australia-calwell-newspaper-seizure)
- Source: War: Censorship and Propaganda. https://www.emelbourne.net.au/biogs/EM01578b.htm
- Publisher: eMelbourne: The Encyclopedia of Melbourne, University of Melbourne
- Method: outlet report
- Checked: 2026-09-22
- Confidence: medium
- Status: current

## Quotation from the source

> Under National Security Regulations the DOI controlled newspaper and radio reports about military events, and monitored war correspondents.

Source page: https://thewaronnews.com/claims/202. The War On News, CC BY 4.0.