The War On News

A record of government actions against journalism and fact-based reporting, from the first press laws to today

By time

Timeline: 2025

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Recorded incidents and developments dated 2025, oldest first.

Years: 1901 1909 1913 1914 1917 1918 1922 1925 1926 1927 1933 1934 1937 1938 1939 1941 1942 1944 1948 1950 1951 1953 1955 1959 1960 1962 1968 1969 1971 1972 1973 1975 1976 1977 1980 1981 1983 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1995 1997 1998 2001 2002 2003 2005 2006 2007 2009 2010 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 2026
Types: Access ban Arrest or detention Credential revocation Funding cut Lawsuit against the press Legislation Other Regulatory action Subpoena or seizure
Countries: AR AU AZ BD BR BY Canada CL CN CU CZ DE EC EG ER ES ET United Kingdom GE GR GT Hong Kong HT Hungary ID Israel India IR JP KH KP KR KZ MA MM MT MX MY NG NI PE PH PK PL PT RS Russia SA SK El Salvador TH TN Türkiye TZ United States VE VN ZA ZW

2025

United States (Florida): Halo Law buffer zone around first responders, January 2025
Tunisia's cybercrime decree pushes jailed-journalist count to highest since 1992
FCC chair reopens 'news distortion' complaints against CBS and NBC
Pakistan amends cybercrime law to create new agency policing 'fake' online content
United States (Louisiana): Federal court order blocking enforcement of the police buffer zone law, January 2025
Journalists beaten in Bangladesh in separate incidents as interim government drafts new cyber laws
Border czar Tom Homan says ICE media ride-alongs may end over leaks
United States: White House exclusion of the Associated Press from the Oval Office and Air Force One, February 2025
United States: White House takes over selection of the presidential press pool, February 2025
United States: U.S. Agency for Global Media action to shut down Voice of America operations, March 2025
Türkiye: detention, injury and deportation of journalists covering protests, March 2025
White House ends wire services' guaranteed seat in the press pool
60 Minutes executive producer resigns, citing lost editorial independence
United States: Department of Justice rescission of rules limiting subpoenas of journalists, April 2025
United States: Executive Order 14290 directing an end to federal funding for NPR and PBS, May 2025
Officer shoots Australian journalist with rubber bullet during Los Angeles immigration protests
United States: Paramount settlement of Donald Trump's lawsuit over a 60 Minutes interview, July 2025
Trump sues Wall Street Journal and Rupert Murdoch over Epstein birthday letter story
Congress cuts $1.1 billion in federal funding for public broadcasting
FCC approves Paramount-Skydance merger after CBS ombudsman and anti-DEI pledges
Ethiopia arrests at least six journalists including Sheger FM staff over election-year coverage
Serbian police strike, detain and disarm journalists covering anti-government protests
Trump files, then refiles, $15 billion defamation suit against the New York Times
United States: Federal Communications Commission chairman's remarks and the suspension of Jimmy Kimmel Live!, September 2025
United States: Department of Defense press credential rules requiring approval before release of information, September 2025
United States: News organizations turn in their Pentagon press credentials, October 2025
Tanzania shuts down internet access on election day amid unrest
White House closes 'Upper Press' section of West Wing to reporters
China (Hong Kong): conviction and 20-year sentence of the media owner Jimmy Lai under the National Security Law, 2025 to 2026