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Incidents: licensing and closure of outlets, stage: pressure

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.

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Date	Incident	Country	Tactic	Head of government	Outcome
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)
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)
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 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

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