# Compare: who did what, when: official labels

Each row is a tactic and each column a country. A cell lists the dated incidents in which that country's government used that tactic, with the head of government at the time and the outcome. Every incident links to its sources.

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7 incidents, 5 tactics, 7 countries.

| Tactic | Georgia | Hungary | India | Nicaragua | Pakistan | Russia | United States |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [Licensing and closure of outlets](https://thewaronnews.com/tactics/outlet_licensing) |  |  |  |  | 2025-01-29 Pakistan amends cybercrime law to create new agency policing 'fake' online content; head of government Shehbaz Sharif; sustained |  |  |
| [Prior restraint](https://thewaronnews.com/tactics/prior_restraint) |  |  | 2024-03-01 Bombay High Court strikes down India's government 'fact check unit' rule; head of government Narendra Modi; reversed |  |  |  |  |
| [Funding and ownership pressure](https://thewaronnews.com/tactics/funding_and_ownership_pressure) | 2024-05-28 Georgia enacts 'foreign influence' law requiring media to register as foreign-backed; head of government Irakli Kobakhidze; sustained | 2023-12-20 Hungary: National Sovereignty Protection Act and Sovereignty Protection Office, December 2023; head of government Viktor Orban; reversed |  |  |  | 2026-08-04 Russia: law on asset freezes and service denials for exiled "foreign agents", August 2026; head of government Vladimir Putin; sustained | 2025-01-29 FCC chair reopens 'news distortion' complaints against CBS and NBC; head of government Donald Trump; ongoing |
| [Expulsion and visa denial](https://thewaronnews.com/tactics/expulsion_and_visa_denial) |  |  |  | 2023-02-16 Nicaragua strips 94 political opponents, including journalists, of citizenship; head of government Daniel Ortega; sustained |  |  |  |
| [Official labels](https://thewaronnews.com/tactics/disinformation_labeling) | 2024-05-28 Georgia enacts 'foreign influence' law requiring media to register as foreign-backed; head of government Irakli Kobakhidze; sustained | 2023-12-20 Hungary: National Sovereignty Protection Act and Sovereignty Protection Office, December 2023; head of government Viktor Orban; reversed | 2024-03-01 Bombay High Court strikes down India's government 'fact check unit' rule; head of government Narendra Modi; reversed | 2023-02-16 Nicaragua strips 94 political opponents, including journalists, of citizenship; head of government Daniel Ortega; sustained | 2025-01-29 Pakistan amends cybercrime law to create new agency policing 'fake' online content; head of government Shehbaz Sharif; sustained | 2026-08-04 Russia: law on asset freezes and service denials for exiled "foreign agents", August 2026; head of government Vladimir Putin; sustained | 2025-01-29 FCC chair reopens 'news distortion' complaints against CBS and NBC; head of government Donald Trump; ongoing |

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