Search: shutdowns and blocking, 1900 to 1949

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Date	Incident	Country	Tactic	Head of government	Outcome
16 April 1944	Australia's wartime government seizes a Sydney newspaper edition under press controls rules	Australia (RSF 2026 rank: 33rd of 180)	Prior restraint	John Curtin	Reversed (18 April 1944)
May 1926	United Kingdom: Government requisitions newsprint and restricts rival newspapers during the 1926 General Strike	United Kingdom (RSF 2026 rank: 18th of 180)	Funding and ownership pressure	Stanley Baldwin	Ongoing (10 May 1926)
July 1917	United States postmaster bars the magazine The Masses from the mail under the Espionage Act	United States (RSF 2026 rank: 64th of 180)	Secrets and espionage laws	Woodrow Wilson	Upheld by a court (1 November 1917)
1917	United States convicts Mother Earth editor Emma Goldman of draft conspiracy and bars her magazine from the mail	United States (RSF 2026 rank: 64th of 180)	Detention and violence	Woodrow Wilson	Upheld by a court (14 January 1918)
1917	United States Postmaster General Burleson strips the Milwaukee Leader of its mailing rate	United States (RSF 2026 rank: 64th of 180)	Shutdowns and blocking	Woodrow Wilson	Upheld by a court (7 March 1921)

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