# Espionage Act of 1917

The First Amendment Encyclopedia, Middle Tennessee State University

- Address: https://firstamendment.mtsu.edu/article/espionage-act-of-1917/
- Kind: reference
- Last checked: 2026-09-23
- Archived copy: none yet

## Cited by

- [United States postmaster bars the magazine The Masses from the mail under the Espionage Act](https://thewaronnews.com/incidents/1917-us-espionage-act-bars-the-masses-from-the-mail)
- [United States Postmaster General Burleson strips the Milwaukee Leader of its mailing rate](https://thewaronnews.com/incidents/1917-us-burleson-mail-ban-milwaukee-leader)
- [Claim 116: By 1918 the Wilson administration's Post Office, led by Postmaster General Albert Burleson and Attorney General Thomas Gregory, had denied mailing privileges to 74 newspapers under the Espionage Act.](https://thewaronnews.com/claims/116)

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