The War On News

How governments have limited journalists, 1900 to today.

Compare: who did what, when in Hong Kong

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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2 incidents, 4 tactics, 1 country.

Tactics by country
TacticHong Kong
Licensing and closure of outlets
Secrets and espionage laws
Insult and defamation laws
  • Hong Kong court convicts Stand News editors of sedition. John Lee. Upheld by a court. Issue of the day: The prosecution centered on opinion pieces and interviews Stand News had published examining Hong Kong's 2019 protests and the 2020 National Security Law, coverage prosecutors said smeared the security law and law enforcement.
Detention and violence
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