# Timeline: 2020

Recorded incidents and developments dated 2020, oldest first.

- 2020-03-17: China expels American journalists from three major U.S. newspapers (incident 2020-china-expels-us-newspaper-journalists) https://thewaronnews.com/incidents/2020-china-expels-us-newspaper-journalists
- 2020-03-30: Hungary criminalizes false coronavirus information and grants Orban decree powers (incident 2020-hungary-coronavirus-fake-news-law) https://thewaronnews.com/incidents/2020-hungary-coronavirus-fake-news-law
- 2020-04-15: Australia's High Court invalidates warrant for raid on journalist Annika Smethurst (incident 2020-australia-high-court-invalidates-smethurst-warrant) https://thewaronnews.com/incidents/2020-australia-high-court-invalidates-smethurst-warrant
- 2020-05-29: Minneapolis police projectile permanently blinds photojournalist Linda Tirado (incident 2020-minneapolis-police-blind-photojournalist-linda-tirado) https://thewaronnews.com/incidents/2020-minneapolis-police-blind-photojournalist-linda-tirado
- 2020-05-29: Minnesota State Patrol arrests CNN crew live on air in Minneapolis (incident 2020-minnesota-state-patrol-arrests-cnn-crew-minneapolis) https://thewaronnews.com/incidents/2020-minnesota-state-patrol-arrests-cnn-crew-minneapolis
- 2020-07-16: Federal officers restrict press access to Portland protests; judge orders them to stop (incident 2020-federal-officers-target-journalists-portland-injunction) https://thewaronnews.com/incidents/2020-federal-officers-target-journalists-portland-injunction
- 2020-09-12: Political appointees alter CDC coronavirus guidance before public release (incident 2020-hhs-officials-alter-cdc-covid-guidance-before-publication) https://thewaronnews.com/incidents/2020-hhs-officials-alter-cdc-covid-guidance-before-publication

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