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Incidents in North America, state or province level

Each incident is a dated action by a government, an official, a regulator, a court or a legislature that limited journalists' ability to gather or publish news.

7 incidents match this view.

Country: United States (6) Canada (1)

Continent: North America (7)

Tactic: Access bans (6) Detention and violence (2) Prior restraint (1)

Outcome: Reversed (4) Ongoing (2) Sustained (1)

Level: State or province (7)

Head of government: Jeff Landry (2) Ron DeSantis (1) Doug Ducey (1) John Horgan (1) Tim Walz (1) Theodore Christianson (1)

DateIncidentCountryTacticHead of governmentOutcome
January 31, 2025United States (Louisiana): Federal court order blocking enforcement of the police buffer zone law, January 2025United StatesAccess bansJeff LandryOngoing (January 31, 2025)
January 1, 2025United States (Florida): Halo Law buffer zone around first responders, January 2025United StatesAccess bansRon DeSantisSustained (January 1, 2025)
May 24, 2024United States (Louisiana): 25-foot buffer zone law around police officers, May 2024United StatesAccess bansJeff LandryOngoing (January 31, 2025)
July 21, 2023Federal court strikes down Arizona's law banning recording police within 8 feetUnited StatesAccess bansDoug DuceyReversed (July 21, 2023)
July 20, 2021Court orders RCMP to stop restricting press access at Fairy Creek logging blockadesCanadaAccess bansJohn HorganReversed (July 20, 2021)
May 29, 2020Minnesota State Patrol arrests CNN crew live on air in MinneapolisUnited StatesDetention and violenceTim WalzReversed (May 29, 2020)
1927United States Supreme Court strikes down a Minnesota law used to shut a newspaperUnited StatesPrior restraintTheodore ChristiansonReversed (June 1, 1931)
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