January 2024

2023: A Year in Prior Restraints

By Seth Stern

PUBLISHED IN: MediaLawLetter January 2024

TOPICS : Prior Restraint

Freedom of the Press Foundation’s U.S. Press Freedom Tracker documented 11 prior restraints against journalists in 2023 (plus an 12th issued in January 2024) — the highest number since it began tracking them in 2017.

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