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Last Week(s) in Censorship: July 20 – August 6, 2026
The DOJ subpoenas the phone records of New York Times reporters’ spouses — and one reporter’s mother. As the Freedom of the Press Foundation put it: “Even the Mafia says families are off limits.”
Last Week(s) in Censorship: June 27 - July 17, 2026
Terrorism Charges for Protesters, Subpoenas for Journalists, and a Government That Deletes What It Doesn’t Like
Last Month in Censorship: June 2026
It’s been a busy month: 60 Minutes lost its most experienced journalists in a wave of firings under new Paramount Skydance ownership; Paramount+ then refuses to air a press-freedom ad; a watchdog group sues the FCC for refusing to hand over Brendan Carr’s texts about Jimmy Kimmel; a federal court orders the Kennedy Center to remove the President’s name from its facade; and on Trump’s 80th…
How many LLM users are exposed to Russian propaganda?
After theorizing LLM grooming last year, we estimate that users are exposed to hundreds of thousands of Russia-influenced chatbot responses per month.
Last Week(s) in Censorship: April 28 – May 11, 2026
The US now ranks 64th on the global press freedom index 📉
Last Month in Censorship: April 2026
The Justice Department indicts the Southern Poverty Law Center on what legal experts call a “preposterous” theory of fraud
Last Week(s) in Censorship: March 15 – 30, 2026
The president calls for reporters to face treason charges — punishable by death — while the FCC threatens to pull broadcast licenses over war coverage, a federal judge strikes down the Pentagon's press restrictions as unconstitutional, and the Supreme Court lets stand a ruling that a journalist can be arrested for asking a public official a question.
Last Week in Censorship: March 3 – 15, 2026
The Pentagon bans photographers from Iran war briefings, ICE detains a journalist for covering immigration, and DHS ousts its own privacy officers who refused to hide records from public view
Last Week in Censorship: February 23 – March 2, 2026
The Department of "War" goes to war with Anthropic over AI safety
Last Week(s) in Censorship: February 10-23, 2026
The Government’s Quiet War on Privacy and Science
Last Week in Censorship: February 3 - 9, 2026
Authoritarian tactics escalate into February as Trump Administration targets critics, rewrites history, and silences dissent.
Last Week in Censorship: January 27 - February 2, 2026
Federal agents threaten ICE observers at their homes while the FBI investigates chat groups used to monitor government activities.
Last Week in Censorship: January 20-26, 2026
Federal judges reject charges against journalist covering church protest while White House posts AI-altered mugshots and bans the word “ice” from storm warnings
Just Launched: Our Trump Censorship Dashboard
TrumpCensorship.com Visualizes Censorship Actions Taken by the Trump Administration
Last Week in Censorship: January 13-19
Trump's DOJ launches criminal investigations of critics while threatening media with lawsuits and ordering states to censor reproductive health information.
Last Week in Censorship: January 6-12, 2026
Power struggles over speech are quietly reshaping public memory and academia.
Last Week in Censorship: Holiday & New Year Edition
Trump rang in the holiday season by sanctioning international judges, threatening to revoke broadcast licenses, and punishing a senator for reminding troops they can refuse illegal orders
Florida’s New Vaccine Policy Is Built on a Disinformation Empire
As politicians dismantle public health protections, tech platforms and wellness entrepreneurs are cashing in on the fallout.
Last Week in Censorship: December 9-15, 2025
The administration declares informing people of their rights unconstitutional while banning the word “disability” from programs that serve disabled children
How MAGA Used Problematic Research From Brazil To Push False Covid Cures
When research didn’t support Trump’s pandemic “game changer” claims in 2020, his administration went to Brazil. Today, Trump’s “gold standard” anti-science HHS mirrors Bolsonaro's.