The War On News

A record of government actions against journalism and fact-based reporting, from the first press laws to today

By time

Eras

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The incident record runs from 1900 to today. Before 2020 it holds anchor incidents: well-documented cases that show what governments did in each decade and region. From 2020 it aims to hold every well-sourced incident.

Earlier press controls, from licensing laws to sedition trials, are summarized in Before 1900.

DecadeIncidentsCountries
1900s22
1910s63
1920s54
1930s97
1940s54
1950s64
1960s75
1970s117
1980s1210
1990s86
2000s117
2010s4224
2020s10233