| 20 August 2026 | Kazakhstan: fabricated copyright complaints used against journalists | Kazakhstan (RSF rank: not recorded) | Lawsuits against the press | Kassym-Jomart Tokayev | Ongoing (20 August 2026) |
| 4 August 2026 | Russia: law on asset freezes and service denials for exiled "foreign agents", August 2026 | Russia (RSF 2026 rank: 172nd of 180) | Official labels | Vladimir Putin | Sustained (4 August 2026) |
| 28 April 2026 | Appeals court orders FCC to respond to challenge over 'news distortion' policy | United States (RSF 2026 rank: 64th of 180) | Funding and ownership pressure | Donald Trump | Ongoing (28 April 2026) |
| April 2026 | El Salvador: freeze on assets of shareholders in El Faro's parent company, February to April 2026 | El Salvador (RSF 2026 rank: 143rd of 180) | Funding and ownership pressure | Nayib Bukele | Sustained (8 May 2026) |
| 17 September 2025 | United States: Federal Communications Commission chairman's remarks and the suspension of Jimmy Kimmel Live!, September 2025 | United States (RSF 2026 rank: 64th of 180) | Funding and ownership pressure | Donald Trump | Reversed (23 September 2025) |
| 15 September 2025 | Trump files, then refiles, $15 billion defamation suit against the New York Times | United States (RSF 2026 rank: 64th of 180) | Lawsuits against the press | Donald Trump | Ongoing (16 October 2025) |
| 24 July 2025 | FCC approves Paramount-Skydance merger after CBS ombudsman and anti-DEI pledges | United States (RSF 2026 rank: 64th of 180) | Funding and ownership pressure | Donald Trump | Sustained (24 July 2025) |
| 18 July 2025 | Trump sues Wall Street Journal and Rupert Murdoch over Epstein birthday letter story | United States (RSF 2026 rank: 64th of 180) | Lawsuits against the press | Donald Trump | Ongoing |
| 18 July 2025 | Congress cuts $1.1 billion in federal funding for public broadcasting | United States (RSF 2026 rank: 64th of 180) | Funding and ownership pressure | Donald Trump | Sustained (24 July 2025) |
| 1 July 2025 | United States: Paramount settlement of Donald Trump's lawsuit over a 60 Minutes interview, July 2025 | United States (RSF 2026 rank: 64th of 180) | Lawsuits against the press | Donald Trump | Sustained (1 July 2025) |
| 1 May 2025 | United States: Executive Order 14290 directing an end to federal funding for NPR and PBS, May 2025 | United States (RSF 2026 rank: 64th of 180) | Funding and ownership pressure | Donald Trump | Unknown |
| 25 April 2025 | United States: Department of Justice rescission of rules limiting subpoenas of journalists, April 2025 | United States (RSF 2026 rank: 64th of 180) | Surveillance and subpoenas | Donald Trump | Sustained (25 April 2025) |
| 22 April 2025 | 60 Minutes executive producer resigns, citing lost editorial independence | United States (RSF 2026 rank: 64th of 180) | Funding and ownership pressure | Donald Trump | Sustained (22 April 2025) |
| 22 January 2025 | FCC chair reopens 'news distortion' complaints against CBS and NBC | United States (RSF 2026 rank: 64th of 180) | Funding and ownership pressure | Donald Trump | Ongoing |
| 16 December 2024 | Trump sues Des Moines Register and pollster Ann Selzer over final Iowa poll | United States (RSF 2026 rank: 64th of 180) | Lawsuits against the press | Donald Trump | Ongoing (10 July 2026) |
| 20 June 2024 | Slovakia's parliament dissolves public broadcaster RTVS, replaces it with STVR | Slovakia (RSF 2026 rank: 37th of 180) | Licensing and closure of outlets | Robert Fico | Sustained (1 July 2024) |
| 28 May 2024 | Georgia enacts 'foreign influence' law requiring media to register as foreign-backed | Georgia (RSF 2026 rank: 135th of 180) | Official labels | Irakli Kobakhidze | Sustained |
| March 2024 | Bombay High Court strikes down India's government 'fact check unit' rule | India (RSF 2026 rank: 157th of 180) | Official labels | Narendra Modi | Reversed (20 September 2024) |
| 20 December 2023 | Hungary: National Sovereignty Protection Act and Sovereignty Protection Office, December 2023 | Hungary (RSF 2026 rank: 74th of 180) | Official labels | Viktor Orban | Reversed (30 June 2026) |
| 22 February 2023 | Turkiye: the broadcast regulator fines and suspends channels for earthquake coverage | Türkiye (RSF 2026 rank: 163rd of 180) | Prior restraint | Recep Tayyip Erdoğan | Sustained (22 February 2023) |
| 14 February 2023 | Indian tax authorities search BBC offices weeks after Modi documentary ban | India (RSF 2026 rank: 157th of 180) | Surveillance and subpoenas | Narendra Modi | Unknown |
| 9 March 2022 | Belarus: Deutsche Welle and other outlets labeled 'extremist' | Belarus (RSF 2026 rank: 165th of 180) | Official labels | Alexander Lukashenko | Sustained (9 March 2022) |
| 23 April 2021 | Russia: independent outlet Meduza designated a 'foreign agent' | Russia (RSF 2026 rank: 172nd of 180) | Official labels | Vladimir Putin | Sustained (23 April 2021) |
| 1 April 2021 | Turkiye: the presidency's press card system is found restrictive by the country's top administrative court | Türkiye (RSF 2026 rank: 163rd of 180) | Credential control | Recep Tayyip Erdoğan | Reversed (1 April 2021) |
| 24 July 2020 | Hungary: editor fired and staff resign at Index.hu | Hungary (RSF 2026 rank: 74th of 180) | Funding and ownership pressure | Viktor Orban | Sustained (24 July 2020) |
| 22 March 2019 | Egypt: media law used to fine and block news site al-Mashhad | Egypt (RSF 2026 rank: 169th of 180) | Official labels | Abdel Fattah el-Sisi | Unknown (7 May 2019) |
| 7 March 2019 | Russia: new laws penalize online "fake news" and "disrespecting authorities" | Russia (RSF 2026 rank: 172nd of 180) | Official labels | Vladimir Putin | Sustained (7 March 2019) |
| 26 October 2018 | Russia: outlet fined $338,000 under the foreign agents law | Russia (RSF 2026 rank: 172nd of 180) | Lawsuits against the press | Vladimir Putin | Ongoing (26 October 2018) |
| October 2018 | Egypt: a license requirement leaves an independent news site unable to operate legally for years | Egypt (RSF 2026 rank: 169th of 180) | Prior restraint | Abdel Fattah el-Sisi | Ongoing (26 October 2020) |
| 16 March 2018 | Tanzania requires bloggers and online publishers to register and pay an annual government fee | Tanzania (RSF 2026 rank: 117th of 180) | Licensing and closure of outlets | John Magufuli | Unknown (12 April 2018) |
| 21 February 2018 | Philippines: a Rappler reporter is barred from the presidential palace | Philippines (RSF 2026 rank: 114th of 180) | Access bans | Rodrigo Duterte | Unknown (21 February 2018) |
| February 2017 | Malta: minister orders reporter's bank account frozen | Malta (RSF rank: not recorded) | Lawsuits against the press | Joseph Muscat | Unknown |
| 31 December 2015 | Poland's new government gains power to replace public broadcaster leadership, and journalists are dismissed | Poland (RSF 2026 rank: 27th of 180) | Funding and ownership pressure | Beata Szydlo | Sustained (31 December 2019) |
| September 2013 | Vietnam: Decree 72 restricts blogs to personal information | Viet Nam (RSF rank: not recorded) | Official labels | Nguyen Tan Dung | Sustained (1 September 2013) |
| 25 June 2013 | Ecuador's Organic Communication Law creates a regulator that issues hundreds of sanctions against journalists and outlets | Ecuador (RSF 2026 rank: 125th of 180) | Funding and ownership pressure | Rafael Correa | Reversed (20 February 2019) |
| 21 December 2010 | Hungary's parliament gives a government-appointed media council power to fine outlets for unbalanced coverage | Hungary (RSF 2026 rank: 74th of 180) | Funding and ownership pressure | Viktor Orban | Sustained (1 January 2011) |
| 15 March 2002 | Zimbabwe enacts a law requiring all journalists and media houses to hold government licenses | Zimbabwe (RSF 2026 rank: 124th of 180) | Licensing and closure of outlets | Robert Mugabe | Unknown |
| 20 September 1998 | Malaysia pressures domestic media and monitors foreign correspondents after arresting former deputy premier Anwar Ibrahim | Malaysia (RSF 2026 rank: 95th of 180) | Surveillance and subpoenas | Mahathir Mohamad | Unknown |
| 9 September 1971 | United States: Nixon White House "enemies list" naming journalists, September 1971 | United States (RSF 2026 rank: 64th of 180) | Surveillance and subpoenas | Richard Nixon | Unknown |
| 16 August 1971 | Nixon White House compiles an enemies list naming journalists for official pressure | United States (RSF 2026 rank: 64th of 180) | Surveillance and subpoenas | Richard Nixon | Reversed (27 June 1973) |
| 19 December 1941 | United States creates an Office of Censorship and a wartime code for the press | United States (RSF 2026 rank: 64th of 180) | Prior restraint | Franklin D. Roosevelt | Sustained (28 September 1945) |