# Search: prior restraint, stage: silence, outcome sustained

The number of entries reflects the depth of this record, not the severity of a country's conduct.

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4 incidents match this view.

| Date | Incident | Country | Tactic | Head of government | Outcome |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 8 May 1941 | [Greece: collaborationist government creates a Directorate-General for Press and Radio to review films and publications before release](https://thewaronnews.com/incidents/1941-greece-directorate-general-press-radio) | [Greece](https://thewaronnews.com/countries/gr) (RSF rank: not recorded) | [Prior restraint](https://thewaronnews.com/tactics/prior_restraint) | [Georgios Tsolakoglou](https://thewaronnews.com/leaders/georgios-tsolakoglou) | Sustained |
| 3 September 1939 | [Canada: War Measures Act regulations authorize review of hundreds of newspapers and ban political organizations](https://thewaronnews.com/incidents/1939-canada-defence-of-canada-regulations-censorship) | [Canada](https://thewaronnews.com/countries/ca) ([RSF 2026 rank: 20th of 180](https://rsf.org/en/index)) | [Prior restraint](https://thewaronnews.com/tactics/prior_restraint) | [William Lyon Mackenzie King](https://thewaronnews.com/leaders/william-lyon-mackenzie-king) | Sustained (31 December 1945) |
| July 1937 | [Japan: government requires clearance to publish war news under the Newspaper Law, 1937](https://thewaronnews.com/incidents/1937-japan-newspaper-law-war-censorship) | [Japan](https://thewaronnews.com/countries/jp) (RSF rank: not recorded) | [Prior restraint](https://thewaronnews.com/tactics/prior_restraint) | [Fumimaro Konoe](https://thewaronnews.com/leaders/fumimaro-konoe) | Sustained |
| 27 August 1914 | [Britain's Official Press Bureau controls newspaper coverage of the First World War](https://thewaronnews.com/incidents/1914-britain-press-bureau-controls-wartime-newspaper-coverage) | [United Kingdom](https://thewaronnews.com/countries/gb) ([RSF 2026 rank: 18th of 180](https://rsf.org/en/index)) | [Prior restraint](https://thewaronnews.com/tactics/prior_restraint) | [Herbert Henry Asquith](https://thewaronnews.com/leaders/herbert-asquith) | Sustained (12 November 1914) |

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