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…

Aug 6 • Ken Syring

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July 2026

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

Jul 17 • Benjamin Shultz

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June 2026

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…

Jun 26 • Ken Syring

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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.

Jun 2 • Benjamin Shultz and Isaac Brickman

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May 2026

Last Week(s) in Censorship: April 28 – May 11, 2026

The US now ranks 64th on the global press freedom index 📉

May 12 • Ken Syring and The American Sunlight Project

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April 2026

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

Apr 28 • The American Sunlight Project, Nina Jankowicz, and Ken Syring

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March 2026

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…

Mar 31 • Ken Syring

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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…

Mar 16 • Ken Syring

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Last Week in Censorship: February 23 – March 2, 2026

The Department of "War" goes to war with Anthropic over AI safety

Mar 3 • The American Sunlight Project and Ken Syring

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February 2026

Last Week(s) in Censorship: February 10-23, 2026

The Government’s Quiet War on Privacy and Science

Feb 23 • The American Sunlight Project and Ken Syring

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Last Week in Censorship: February 3 - 9, 2026

Authoritarian tactics escalate into February as Trump Administration targets critics, rewrites history, and silences dissent.

Feb 10 • Benjamin Shultz and The American Sunlight Project

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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.

Feb 2 • The American Sunlight Project

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