# Claim 465

The decree criminalizes producing or spreading false news deemed to threaten rights, public safety or national defense.

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

- Statement: The decree criminalizes producing or spreading false news deemed to threaten rights, public safety or national defense.
- Field: stated_justification
- Value: Decree targets 'false news' threatening public safety
- About: [incident 2025-tunisia-record-journalists-jailed-decree-54](https://thewaronnews.com/incidents/2025-tunisia-record-journalists-jailed-decree-54)
- Source: Tunisia uses new cybercrime law to jail record number of journalists. https://cpj.org/2025/01/tunisia-uses-new-cybercrime-law-to-jail-record-number-of-journalists/
- Publisher: Committee to Protect Journalists
- Method: outlet report
- Checked: 2026-09-22
- Confidence: medium
- Status: current
- Source date: 2025-01-16

## Quotation from the source

> produce[s], spread[s], disseminate[s], send[s] or write[s] false news

Source page: https://thewaronnews.com/claims/465. The War On News, CC BY 4.0.