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Incidents: funding and ownership pressure, outcome reversed

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.

5 incidents match this view.

Country: United States (2) Hungary (1) Ecuador (1) Serbia (1)

Continent: North America (2) Europe (2) South America (1)

Tactic: Funding and ownership pressure (5) Insult and defamation laws (2) Licensing and closure of outlets (1) Official labels (1) Surveillance and subpoenas (1)

Outcome: Reversed (5)

Level: National (5)

Head of government: Donald Trump (1) Viktor Orban (1) Rafael Correa (1) Slobodan Milosevic (1) Richard Nixon (1)

DateIncidentCountryTacticHead of governmentOutcome
September 17, 2025United States: Federal Communications Commission chairman's remarks and the suspension of Jimmy Kimmel Live!, September 2025United StatesFunding and ownership pressureDonald TrumpReversed (September 23, 2025)
December 20, 2023Hungary: National Sovereignty Protection Act and Sovereignty Protection Office, December 2023HungaryOfficial labelsViktor OrbanReversed (June 30, 2026)
June 25, 2013Ecuador's Organic Communication Law creates a regulator that issues hundreds of sanctions against journalists and outletsEcuadorFunding and ownership pressureRafael CorreaReversed (July 24, 2018)
October 20, 1998Serbia's Public Information Act lets courts fine independent newspapers into financial dangerSerbiaInsult and defamation lawsSlobodan MilosevicReversed (January 1, 2001)
August 16, 1971Nixon White House compiles an enemies list naming journalists for official pressureUnited StatesSurveillance and subpoenasRichard NixonReversed (June 27, 1973)
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