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Date	Incident	Country	Tactic	Head of government	Outcome
22 February 2023	Türkiye: the broadcast regulator fines and suspends channels for earthquake coverage	Türkiye (RSF 2026 rank: 163rd of 180)	Prior restraint	Recep Tayyip Erdoğan	Sustained (22 February 2023)
10 February 2003	Pentagon sets ground rules for journalists embedded with United States forces in Iraq	United States (RSF 2026 rank: 64th of 180)	Access bans	George W. Bush	Sustained (14 April 2003)
19 December 1941	United States creates an Office of Censorship and a wartime code for the press	United States (RSF 2026 rank: 64th of 180)	Prior restraint	Franklin D. Roosevelt	Sustained (28 September 1945)
8 May 1941	Greece: collaborationist government creates a Directorate-General for Press and Radio to review films and publications before release	Greece (RSF rank: not recorded)	Prior restraint	Georgios Tsolakoglou	Sustained
3 September 1939	Canada: War Measures Act regulations authorize review of hundreds of newspapers and ban political organizations	Canada (RSF 2026 rank: 20th of 180)	Prior restraint	William Lyon Mackenzie King	Sustained (31 December 1945)
July 1937	Japan: government requires clearance to publish war news under the Newspaper Law, 1937	Japan (RSF rank: not recorded)	Prior restraint	Fumimaro Konoe	Sustained
27 August 1914	Britain's Official Press Bureau controls newspaper coverage of the First World War	United Kingdom (RSF 2026 rank: 18th of 180)	Prior restraint	Herbert Henry Asquith	Sustained (12 November 1914)

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