{
  "name": "The War On News",
  "subtitle": "A dated record of government actions that limit reporting.",
  "definition": "The War On News is a dated, sourced reference to actions by officials, governments, regulators and legislatures that limit journalists' ability to gather or publish news. It covers the United States first, with incidents from other countries for context.",
  "counts": {
    "incidents": 23,
    "cases": 4,
    "claims": 105,
    "sources": 113
  },
  "latest_notes": [],
  "latest_incidents": [
    {
      "slug": "2026-white-house-bans-cnn-msnow-politico",
      "title": "White House revokes hard passes of CNN, MS NOW and Politico reporters",
      "occurred_on": "2026-09-18",
      "type": "access_ban",
      "status": "in_effect",
      "url": "https://thewaronnews.com/incidents/2026-white-house-bans-cnn-msnow-politico"
    },
    {
      "slug": "2026-russia-new-law-targets-exiled-journalists-assets",
      "title": "Russia enacts law freezing exiled \"foreign agent\" journalists' assets",
      "occurred_on": "2026-08-04",
      "type": "legislation",
      "status": "in_effect",
      "url": "https://thewaronnews.com/incidents/2026-russia-new-law-targets-exiled-journalists-assets"
    },
    {
      "slug": "2026-el-salvador-freezes-el-faro-shareholder-assets",
      "title": "Bukele administration freezes El Faro shareholders' personal assets",
      "occurred_on": "2026-04-01",
      "type": "funding_cut",
      "status": "in_effect",
      "url": "https://thewaronnews.com/incidents/2026-el-salvador-freezes-el-faro-shareholder-assets"
    },
    {
      "slug": "2026-india-journalist-sentenced-adani-defamation",
      "title": "Indian journalist sentenced to prison over posts about Adani Group",
      "occurred_on": "2026-02-10",
      "type": "arrest_or_detention",
      "status": "in_effect",
      "url": "https://thewaronnews.com/incidents/2026-india-journalist-sentenced-adani-defamation"
    },
    {
      "slug": "2026-israel-maintains-ban-on-foreign-press-access-to-gaza",
      "title": "Israel maintains ban on independent foreign press access to Gaza",
      "occurred_on": "2026-01-07",
      "type": "access_ban",
      "status": "in_effect",
      "url": "https://thewaronnews.com/incidents/2026-israel-maintains-ban-on-foreign-press-access-to-gaza"
    }
  ],
  "dataset": "https://thewaronnews.com/data",
  "mcp": "https://thewaronnews.com/mcp",
  "license": {
    "name": "CC BY 4.0",
    "url": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/"
  }
}