Voidly
Data

01 / Inside the category

Follow each record.

All returned country entries are available. Rank and source labels are preserved.

48reported country entries
8,376categorized evidence rows

Counts are from the topic response. They do not measure people, national coverage or confirmed blocks.

48 matching entries of 48 readable returned records. The source “free” label is not proof of access.

  1. #1

    Russia ↗

    RU
    Relative index100Source band: severe
    Evidence rows835
    5 source domains + record fields

    Source trend: stable (the checked-in source uses a constant stable label).

  2. #2

    China ↗

    CN
    Relative index94Source band: severe
    Evidence rows789
    5 source domains + record fields

    Source trend: stable (the checked-in source uses a constant stable label).

  3. #3

    Singapore ↗

    SG
    Relative index54Source band: high
    Evidence rows451
    5 source domains + record fields

    Source trend: stable (the checked-in source uses a constant stable label).

  4. #4

    Bangladesh ↗

    BD
    Relative index53Source band: high
    Evidence rows444
    5 source domains + record fields

    Source trend: stable (the checked-in source uses a constant stable label).

  5. #5

    Iran ↗

    IR
    Relative index46Source band: medium
    Evidence rows386
    5 source domains + record fields

    Source trend: stable (the checked-in source uses a constant stable label).

  6. #6

    Malaysia ↗

    MY
    Relative index44Source band: medium
    Evidence rows371
    5 source domains + record fields

    Source trend: stable (the checked-in source uses a constant stable label).

  7. #7

    Kazakhstan ↗

    KZ
    Relative index44Source band: medium
    Evidence rows364
    5 source domains + record fields

    Source trend: stable (the checked-in source uses a constant stable label).

  8. #8

    India ↗

    IN
    Relative index43Source band: medium
    Evidence rows355
    5 source domains + record fields

    Source trend: stable (the checked-in source uses a constant stable label).

  9. #9

    Thailand ↗

    TH
    Relative index41Source band: medium
    Evidence rows345
    5 source domains + record fields

    Source trend: stable (the checked-in source uses a constant stable label).

  10. #10

    United Arab Emirates ↗

    AE
    Relative index39Source band: medium
    Evidence rows328
    5 source domains + record fields

    Source trend: stable (the checked-in source uses a constant stable label).

  11. #11

    Turkey ↗

    TR
    Relative index39Source band: medium
    Evidence rows326
    5 source domains + record fields

    Source trend: stable (the checked-in source uses a constant stable label).

  12. #12

    Vietnam ↗

    VN
    Relative index39Source band: medium
    Evidence rows325
    5 source domains + record fields

    Source trend: stable (the checked-in source uses a constant stable label).

  13. #13

    Saudi Arabia ↗

    SA
    Relative index39Source band: medium
    Evidence rows324
    5 source domains + record fields

    Source trend: stable (the checked-in source uses a constant stable label).

  14. #14

    Venezuela ↗

    VE
    Relative index39Source band: medium
    Evidence rows322
    5 source domains + record fields

    Source trend: stable (the checked-in source uses a constant stable label).

  15. #15

    Indonesia ↗

    ID
    Relative index38Source band: medium
    Evidence rows315
    5 source domains + record fields

    Source trend: stable (the checked-in source uses a constant stable label).

  16. #16

    Qatar ↗

    QA
    Relative index36Source band: medium
    Evidence rows302
    5 source domains + record fields

    Source trend: stable (the checked-in source uses a constant stable label).

  17. #17

    Pakistan ↗

    PK
    Relative index33Source band: medium
    Evidence rows276
    5 source domains + record fields

    Source trend: stable (the checked-in source uses a constant stable label).

  18. #18

    Egypt ↗

    EG
    Relative index32Source band: medium
    Evidence rows268
    5 source domains + record fields

    Source trend: stable (the checked-in source uses a constant stable label).

  19. #19

    Azerbaijan ↗

    AZ
    Relative index30Source band: medium
    Evidence rows250
    5 source domains + record fields

    Source trend: stable (the checked-in source uses a constant stable label).

  20. #20

    Morocco ↗

    MA
    Relative index26Source band: medium
    Evidence rows214
    5 source domains + record fields

    Source trend: stable (the checked-in source uses a constant stable label).

  21. #21

    Belarus ↗

    BY
    Relative index21Source band: low
    Evidence rows177
    5 source domains + record fields

    Source trend: stable (the checked-in source uses a constant stable label).

  22. #22

    Cuba ↗

    CU
    Relative index14Source band: low
    Evidence rows120
    5 source domains + record fields

    Source trend: stable (the checked-in source uses a constant stable label).

  23. #23

    United States ↗

    US
    Relative index8Source band: free
    Evidence rows67
    5 source domains + record fields

    Source trend: stable (the checked-in source uses a constant stable label).

  24. #24

    South Africa ↗

    ZA
    Relative index7Source band: free
    Evidence rows61
    5 source domains + record fields

    Source trend: stable (the checked-in source uses a constant stable label).

  25. #25

    Romania ↗

    RO
    Relative index7Source band: free
    Evidence rows55
    5 source domains + record fields

    Source trend: stable (the checked-in source uses a constant stable label).

  26. #26

    France ↗

    FR
    Relative index5Source band: free
    Evidence rows41
    5 source domains + record fields

    Source trend: stable (the checked-in source uses a constant stable label).

  27. #27

    Kuwait ↗

    KW
    Relative index5Source band: free
    Evidence rows40
    5 source domains + record fields

    Source trend: stable (the checked-in source uses a constant stable label).

  28. #28

    Jordan ↗

    JO
    Relative index4Source band: free
    Evidence rows34
    5 source domains + record fields

    Source trend: stable (the checked-in source uses a constant stable label).

  29. #29

    Brazil ↗

    BR
    Relative index3Source band: free
    Evidence rows24
    5 source domains + record fields

    Source trend: stable (the checked-in source uses a constant stable label).

  30. #30

    Netherlands ↗

    NL
    Relative index3Source band: free
    Evidence rows23
    5 source domains + record fields

    Source trend: stable (the checked-in source uses a constant stable label).

  31. #31

    Canada ↗

    CA
    Relative index2Source band: free
    Evidence rows19
    5 source domains + record fields

    Source trend: stable (the checked-in source uses a constant stable label).

  32. #32

    United Kingdom ↗

    GB
    Relative index2Source band: free
    Evidence rows19
    5 source domains + record fields

    Source trend: stable (the checked-in source uses a constant stable label).

  33. #33

    Japan ↗

    JP
    Relative index2Source band: free
    Evidence rows17
    5 source domains + record fields

    Source trend: stable (the checked-in source uses a constant stable label).

  34. #34

    South Korea ↗

    KR
    Relative index1Source band: free
    Evidence rows12
    5 source domains + record fields

    Source trend: stable (the checked-in source uses a constant stable label).

  35. #35

    Mexico ↗

    MX
    Relative index1Source band: free
    Evidence rows12
    3 source domains + record fields

    Source trend: stable (the checked-in source uses a constant stable label).

  36. #36

    Finland ↗

    FI
    Relative index1Source band: free
    Evidence rows10
    5 source domains + record fields

    Source trend: stable (the checked-in source uses a constant stable label).

  37. #37

    Germany ↗

    DE
    Relative index1Source band: free
    Evidence rows9
    5 source domains + record fields

    Source trend: stable (the checked-in source uses a constant stable label).

  38. #38

    Spain ↗

    ES
    Relative index1Source band: free
    Evidence rows9
    2 source domains + record fields

    Source trend: stable (the checked-in source uses a constant stable label).

  39. #39

    Australia ↗

    AU
    Relative index1Source band: free
    Evidence rows7
    5 source domains + record fields

    Source trend: stable (the checked-in source uses a constant stable label).

  40. #40

    Rwanda ↗

    RW
    Relative index1Source band: free
    Evidence rows7
    1 source domains + record fields

    Source trend: stable (the checked-in source uses a constant stable label).

  41. #41

    Syria ↗

    SY
    Relative index1Source band: free
    Evidence rows7
    5 source domains + record fields

    Source trend: stable (the checked-in source uses a constant stable label).

  42. #42

    Poland ↗

    PL
    Relative index1Source band: free
    Evidence rows5
    3 source domains + record fields

    Source trend: stable (the checked-in source uses a constant stable label).

  43. #43

    Czechia ↗

    CZ
    Relative index0Source band: free
    Evidence rows4
    4 source domains + record fields

    Source trend: stable (the checked-in source uses a constant stable label).

  44. #44

    Switzerland ↗

    CH
    Relative index0Source band: free
    Evidence rows2
    2 source domains + record fields

    Source trend: stable (the checked-in source uses a constant stable label).

  45. #45

    Sweden ↗

    SE
    Relative index0Source band: free
    Evidence rows2
    2 source domains + record fields

    Source trend: stable (the checked-in source uses a constant stable label).

  46. #46

    Bahrain ↗

    BH
    Relative index0Source band: free
    Evidence rows1
    1 source domains + record fields

    Source trend: stable (the checked-in source uses a constant stable label).

  47. #47

    Algeria ↗

    DZ
    Relative index0Source band: free
    Evidence rows1
    1 source domains + record fields

    Source trend: stable (the checked-in source uses a constant stable label).

  48. #48

    Nicaragua ↗

    NI
    Relative index0Source band: free
    Evidence rows1
    1 source domains + record fields

    Source trend: stable (the checked-in source uses a constant stable label).

02 / Why this topic matters

Press freedom & journalism

Independent news outlets, journalism, and press-freedom organizations.

Topic context from the original guide

The NEWS category covers independent newsrooms, international press, and press-freedom organizations. Blocking these sites silences independent reporting — and is one of the strongest leading indicators of broader internet repression.

This editorial context explains the subject. The evidence-volume index does not establish intent, sequence, current restrictions or national scope.

Example domains & category boundary

These are examples from the original topic guide, not findings that these domains are blocked now or everywhere.

bbc.com ↗reuters.com ↗aljazeera.com ↗voanews.com ↗
Page slugpress-freedom
API topicpress
CategoryNEWS

NEWS groups categorized news domains. This response does not measure press freedom itself or distinguish editorial independence for each domain.

Citizen Lab category source ↗

03 / Keep the method attached

What the index can say.

How to read the category evidence

The checked-in topic query counts all evidence rows assigned to one Citizen Lab category and groups them by country. It does not filter those rows by a blocking signal or observation date. Evidence volume therefore does not establish a confirmed block, intent or national coverage.

Relative index: round(country evidence count × 100 ÷ largest country count in this category). It is a ratio to the maximum, even though the API names its scoring method “percentile_against_max_in_category”. Scores are not comparable across topics as a measure of censorship severity. A rounded score of zero can still have evidence rows.

Source bands: severe ≥70, high ≥50, medium ≥25, low ≥10, free below 10 in the checked-in handler. These names are retained as source labels. “Free” is not a finding that a country permits access; “severe” is not independent confirmation of broad censorship.

Domains: the response field named blocked contains frequent domains in the category evidence query. It does not prove that each listed domain is blocked. The endpoint currently returns up to five per country; all returned values appear here.

Trend: the checked-in handler always emits “stable”. This preview retains that field in each record without drawing a movement chart or implying that conditions were unchanged.

Time: generated_at_utc and dateModified are set when the endpoint builds its response. They are not the latest measurement date. No observation window is inferred; source caching for five minutes is not a promise of new evidence every five minutes.

The source ecosystem includes OONI, Censored Planet, IODA and Voidly probes. This category response does not identify every contributing source. Domain categories follow the Citizen Lab test lists; example domains and returned domains have different meanings.

Voidly original material: CC BY 4.0. Upstream source terms remain applicable. Full methodology ↗

Source metadata, dates & consistency

metadata.generated_at_utc:

dateModified (response field):

Observation window begins: unavailable

Observation window ends: unavailable

Source scoring method: percentile_against_max_in_category.

Source scoring note: score = round(country_qualifying_evidence_count * 100 / max_country_count). Max in this category: 835 (Russia). This is a relative evidence-volume rank, not a censorship prevalence estimate..

Reported band counts

severe
2
high
2
medium
16
low
2
free
26

No count/field inconsistency was detected in the returned entries. That check does not establish source completeness.

Complete original topic response
{
  "@context": "https://schema.org",
  "@type": "Dataset",
  "category": "NEWS",
  "countries": [
    {
      "blocked": [
        "medium.com",
        "bbc.com",
        "nytimes.com",
        "theguardian.com",
        "substack.com"
      ],
      "code": "RU",
      "country": "Russia",
      "level": "severe",
      "rank": 1,
      "samples": 835,
      "score": 100,
      "trend": "stable"
    },
    {
      "blocked": [
        "medium.com",
        "nytimes.com",
        "bbc.com",
        "theguardian.com",
        "substack.com"
      ],
      "code": "CN",
      "country": "China",
      "level": "severe",
      "rank": 2,
      "samples": 789,
      "score": 94,
      "trend": "stable"
    },
    {
      "blocked": [
        "medium.com",
        "theguardian.com",
        "substack.com",
        "bbc.com",
        "nytimes.com"
      ],
      "code": "SG",
      "country": "Singapore",
      "level": "high",
      "rank": 3,
      "samples": 451,
      "score": 54,
      "trend": "stable"
    },
    {
      "blocked": [
        "medium.com",
        "substack.com",
        "bbc.com",
        "theguardian.com",
        "nytimes.com"
      ],
      "code": "BD",
      "country": "Bangladesh",
      "level": "high",
      "rank": 4,
      "samples": 444,
      "score": 53,
      "trend": "stable"
    },
    {
      "blocked": [
        "bbc.com",
        "substack.com",
        "theguardian.com",
        "nytimes.com",
        "medium.com"
      ],
      "code": "IR",
      "country": "Iran",
      "level": "medium",
      "rank": 5,
      "samples": 386,
      "score": 46,
      "trend": "stable"
    },
    {
      "blocked": [
        "medium.com",
        "substack.com",
        "bbc.com",
        "theguardian.com",
        "nytimes.com"
      ],
      "code": "MY",
      "country": "Malaysia",
      "level": "medium",
      "rank": 6,
      "samples": 371,
      "score": 44,
      "trend": "stable"
    },
    {
      "blocked": [
        "medium.com",
        "bbc.com",
        "nytimes.com",
        "substack.com",
        "theguardian.com"
      ],
      "code": "KZ",
      "country": "Kazakhstan",
      "level": "medium",
      "rank": 7,
      "samples": 364,
      "score": 44,
      "trend": "stable"
    },
    {
      "blocked": [
        "medium.com",
        "bbc.com",
        "substack.com",
        "theguardian.com",
        "nytimes.com"
      ],
      "code": "IN",
      "country": "India",
      "level": "medium",
      "rank": 8,
      "samples": 355,
      "score": 43,
      "trend": "stable"
    },
    {
      "blocked": [
        "medium.com",
        "substack.com",
        "bbc.com",
        "theguardian.com",
        "nytimes.com"
      ],
      "code": "TH",
      "country": "Thailand",
      "level": "medium",
      "rank": 9,
      "samples": 345,
      "score": 41,
      "trend": "stable"
    },
    {
      "blocked": [
        "medium.com",
        "substack.com",
        "bbc.com",
        "theguardian.com",
        "nytimes.com"
      ],
      "code": "AE",
      "country": "United Arab Emirates",
      "level": "medium",
      "rank": 10,
      "samples": 328,
      "score": 39,
      "trend": "stable"
    },
    {
      "blocked": [
        "bbc.com",
        "substack.com",
        "theguardian.com",
        "nytimes.com",
        "medium.com"
      ],
      "code": "TR",
      "country": "Turkey",
      "level": "medium",
      "rank": 11,
      "samples": 326,
      "score": 39,
      "trend": "stable"
    },
    {
      "blocked": [
        "bbc.com",
        "substack.com",
        "medium.com",
        "theguardian.com",
        "nytimes.com"
      ],
      "code": "VN",
      "country": "Vietnam",
      "level": "medium",
      "rank": 12,
      "samples": 325,
      "score": 39,
      "trend": "stable"
    },
    {
      "blocked": [
        "substack.com",
        "bbc.com",
        "theguardian.com",
        "medium.com",
        "nytimes.com"
      ],
      "code": "SA",
      "country": "Saudi Arabia",
      "level": "medium",
      "rank": 13,
      "samples": 324,
      "score": 39,
      "trend": "stable"
    },
    {
      "blocked": [
        "substack.com",
        "bbc.com",
        "theguardian.com",
        "nytimes.com",
        "medium.com"
      ],
      "code": "VE",
      "country": "Venezuela",
      "level": "medium",
      "rank": 14,
      "samples": 322,
      "score": 39,
      "trend": "stable"
    },
    {
      "blocked": [
        "medium.com",
        "substack.com",
        "bbc.com",
        "theguardian.com",
        "nytimes.com"
      ],
      "code": "ID",
      "country": "Indonesia",
      "level": "medium",
      "rank": 15,
      "samples": 315,
      "score": 38,
      "trend": "stable"
    },
    {
      "blocked": [
        "substack.com",
        "medium.com",
        "bbc.com",
        "theguardian.com",
        "nytimes.com"
      ],
      "code": "QA",
      "country": "Qatar",
      "level": "medium",
      "rank": 16,
      "samples": 302,
      "score": 36,
      "trend": "stable"
    },
    {
      "blocked": [
        "bbc.com",
        "theguardian.com",
        "nytimes.com",
        "substack.com",
        "medium.com"
      ],
      "code": "PK",
      "country": "Pakistan",
      "level": "medium",
      "rank": 17,
      "samples": 276,
      "score": 33,
      "trend": "stable"
    },
    {
      "blocked": [
        "substack.com",
        "bbc.com",
        "theguardian.com",
        "nytimes.com",
        "medium.com"
      ],
      "code": "EG",
      "country": "Egypt",
      "level": "medium",
      "rank": 18,
      "samples": 268,
      "score": 32,
      "trend": "stable"
    },
    {
      "blocked": [
        "bbc.com",
        "theguardian.com",
        "nytimes.com",
        "substack.com",
        "medium.com"
      ],
      "code": "AZ",
      "country": "Azerbaijan",
      "level": "medium",
      "rank": 19,
      "samples": 250,
      "score": 30,
      "trend": "stable"
    },
    {
      "blocked": [
        "theguardian.com",
        "substack.com",
        "medium.com",
        "bbc.com",
        "nytimes.com"
      ],
      "code": "MA",
      "country": "Morocco",
      "level": "medium",
      "rank": 20,
      "samples": 214,
      "score": 26,
      "trend": "stable"
    },
    {
      "blocked": [
        "bbc.com",
        "theguardian.com",
        "substack.com",
        "nytimes.com",
        "medium.com"
      ],
      "code": "BY",
      "country": "Belarus",
      "level": "low",
      "rank": 21,
      "samples": 177,
      "score": 21,
      "trend": "stable"
    },
    {
      "blocked": [
        "medium.com",
        "theguardian.com",
        "substack.com",
        "nytimes.com",
        "bbc.com"
      ],
      "code": "CU",
      "country": "Cuba",
      "level": "low",
      "rank": 22,
      "samples": 120,
      "score": 14,
      "trend": "stable"
    },
    {
      "blocked": [
        "www.dailymail.co.uk",
        "voanews.com",
        "theguardian.com",
        "substack.com",
        "rferl.org"
      ],
      "code": "US",
      "country": "United States",
      "level": "free",
      "rank": 23,
      "samples": 67,
      "score": 8,
      "trend": "stable"
    },
    {
      "blocked": [
        "www.nytimes.com",
        "www.bbc.co.uk",
        "www.bbc.com",
        "www.dailymail.co.uk",
        "www.aljazeera.net"
      ],
      "code": "ZA",
      "country": "South Africa",
      "level": "free",
      "rank": 24,
      "samples": 61,
      "score": 7,
      "trend": "stable"
    },
    {
      "blocked": [
        "voanews.com",
        "theguardian.com",
        "substack.com",
        "rferl.org",
        "reuters.com"
      ],
      "code": "RO",
      "country": "Romania",
      "level": "free",
      "rank": 25,
      "samples": 55,
      "score": 7,
      "trend": "stable"
    },
    {
      "blocked": [
        "reuters.com",
        "cnn.com",
        "bbc.com",
        "www.voanews.com",
        "substack.com"
      ],
      "code": "FR",
      "country": "France",
      "level": "free",
      "rank": 26,
      "samples": 41,
      "score": 5,
      "trend": "stable"
    },
    {
      "blocked": [
        "theguardian.com",
        "substack.com",
        "nytimes.com",
        "medium.com",
        "bbc.com"
      ],
      "code": "KW",
      "country": "Kuwait",
      "level": "free",
      "rank": 27,
      "samples": 40,
      "score": 5,
      "trend": "stable"
    },
    {
      "blocked": [
        "theguardian.com",
        "substack.com",
        "nytimes.com",
        "medium.com",
        "bbc.com"
      ],
      "code": "JO",
      "country": "Jordan",
      "level": "free",
      "rank": 28,
      "samples": 34,
      "score": 4,
      "trend": "stable"
    },
    {
      "blocked": [
        "www.dailymail.co.uk",
        "aljazeera.com",
        "reuters.com",
        "www.voanews.com",
        "dw.com"
      ],
      "code": "BR",
      "country": "Brazil",
      "level": "free",
      "rank": 29,
      "samples": 24,
      "score": 3,
      "trend": "stable"
    },
    {
      "blocked": [
        "www.dailymail.co.uk",
        "www.bbc.com",
        "www.dw.com",
        "www.nytimes.com",
        "www.bbc.co.uk"
      ],
      "code": "NL",
      "country": "Netherlands",
      "level": "free",
      "rank": 30,
      "samples": 23,
      "score": 3,
      "trend": "stable"
    },
    {
      "blocked": [
        "www.dailymail.co.uk",
        "www.bbc.co.uk",
        "bbc.com",
        "www.france24.com",
        "www.bbc.com"
      ],
      "code": "CA",
      "country": "Canada",
      "level": "free",
      "rank": 31,
      "samples": 19,
      "score": 2,
      "trend": "stable"
    },
    {
      "blocked": [
        "www.dailymail.co.uk",
        "www.voanews.com",
        "www.rferl.org",
        "www.dw.com",
        "www.bbc.com"
      ],
      "code": "GB",
      "country": "United Kingdom",
      "level": "free",
      "rank": 32,
      "samples": 19,
      "score": 2,
      "trend": "stable"
    },
    {
      "blocked": [
        "www.dailymail.co.uk",
        "ja.m.wikipedia.org",
        "www.voanews.com",
        "www.rferl.org",
        "www.reuters.com"
      ],
      "code": "JP",
      "country": "Japan",
      "level": "free",
      "rank": 33,
      "samples": 17,
      "score": 2,
      "trend": "stable"
    },
    {
      "blocked": [
        "www.dailymail.co.uk",
        "www.bbc.com",
        "www.yonhapnews.co.kr",
        "www.france24.com",
        "www.bbc.co.uk"
      ],
      "code": "KR",
      "country": "South Korea",
      "level": "free",
      "rank": 34,
      "samples": 12,
      "score": 1,
      "trend": "stable"
    },
    {
      "blocked": [
        "www.dailymail.co.uk",
        "www.voanews.com",
        "www.reuters.com"
      ],
      "code": "MX",
      "country": "Mexico",
      "level": "free",
      "rank": 35,
      "samples": 12,
      "score": 1,
      "trend": "stable"
    },
    {
      "blocked": [
        "www.voanews.com",
        "www.rferl.org",
        "www.dw.com",
        "www.bbc.com",
        "miro.medium.com"
      ],
      "code": "FI",
      "country": "Finland",
      "level": "free",
      "rank": 36,
      "samples": 10,
      "score": 1,
      "trend": "stable"
    },
    {
      "blocked": [
        "www.dailymail.co.uk",
        "www.voanews.com",
        "www.rferl.org",
        "www.dw.com",
        "www.bbc.com"
      ],
      "code": "DE",
      "country": "Germany",
      "level": "free",
      "rank": 37,
      "samples": 9,
      "score": 1,
      "trend": "stable"
    },
    {
      "blocked": [
        "www.dailymail.co.uk",
        "www.france24.com"
      ],
      "code": "ES",
      "country": "Spain",
      "level": "free",
      "rank": 38,
      "samples": 9,
      "score": 1,
      "trend": "stable"
    },
    {
      "blocked": [
        "www.dailymail.co.uk",
        "www.voanews.com",
        "www.bbc.com",
        "www.bbc.co.uk",
        "www.aljazeera.net"
      ],
      "code": "AU",
      "country": "Australia",
      "level": "free",
      "rank": 39,
      "samples": 7,
      "score": 1,
      "trend": "stable"
    },
    {
      "blocked": [
        "medium.com"
      ],
      "code": "RW",
      "country": "Rwanda",
      "level": "free",
      "rank": 40,
      "samples": 7,
      "score": 1,
      "trend": "stable"
    },
    {
      "blocked": [
        "nytimes.com",
        "medium.com",
        "theguardian.com",
        "substack.com",
        "bbc.com"
      ],
      "code": "SY",
      "country": "Syria",
      "level": "free",
      "rank": 41,
      "samples": 7,
      "score": 1,
      "trend": "stable"
    },
    {
      "blocked": [
        "www.dw.com",
        "meduza.io",
        "www.bbc.com"
      ],
      "code": "PL",
      "country": "Poland",
      "level": "free",
      "rank": 42,
      "samples": 5,
      "score": 1,
      "trend": "stable"
    },
    {
      "blocked": [
        "www.voanews.com",
        "www.rferl.org",
        "www.dw.com",
        "www.bbc.com"
      ],
      "code": "CZ",
      "country": "Czechia",
      "level": "free",
      "rank": 43,
      "samples": 4,
      "score": 0,
      "trend": "stable"
    },
    {
      "blocked": [
        "www.dw.com",
        "www.bbc.com"
      ],
      "code": "CH",
      "country": "Switzerland",
      "level": "free",
      "rank": 44,
      "samples": 2,
      "score": 0,
      "trend": "stable"
    },
    {
      "blocked": [
        "www.dailymail.co.uk",
        "sv.wikipedia.org"
      ],
      "code": "SE",
      "country": "Sweden",
      "level": "free",
      "rank": 45,
      "samples": 2,
      "score": 0,
      "trend": "stable"
    },
    {
      "blocked": [
        "medium.com"
      ],
      "code": "BH",
      "country": "Bahrain",
      "level": "free",
      "rank": 46,
      "samples": 1,
      "score": 0,
      "trend": "stable"
    },
    {
      "blocked": [
        "medium.com"
      ],
      "code": "DZ",
      "country": "Algeria",
      "level": "free",
      "rank": 47,
      "samples": 1,
      "score": 0,
      "trend": "stable"
    },
    {
      "blocked": [
        "substack.com"
      ],
      "code": "NI",
      "country": "Nicaragua",
      "level": "free",
      "rank": 48,
      "samples": 1,
      "score": 0,
      "trend": "stable"
    }
  ],
  "dateModified": "2026-10-23T23:28:20.768057Z",
  "description": "Country censorship rankings filtered to Citizen Lab category NEWS.",
  "license": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/",
  "metadata": {
    "category": "NEWS",
    "countriesWithData": 48,
    "generated_at_utc": "2026-10-23T23:28:20.768057Z",
    "normalOoniObservationNote": "These linked OONI rows carry the historical signal_level='normal' stored label and are quarantined from qualifying evidence pending regrade. The label is not proof that every row was accessible or anomaly-free: low-anomaly rows and rows with an omitted confirmed result may be present.",
    "normalOoniObservations": 1944,
    "scoreBasis": "qualifying_evidence_rows_excluding_normal_ooni",
    "scoreCaveat": "The score and level are relative evidence-volume bands, not censorship prevalence or national severity.",
    "scoringMethod": "percentile_against_max_in_category",
    "scoringNote": "score = round(country_qualifying_evidence_count * 100 / max_country_count). Max in this category: 835 (Russia). This is a relative evidence-volume rank, not a censorship prevalence estimate.",
    "storedCategorizedRows": 10320,
    "topic": "press",
    "totalCategorizedEvidence": 8376
  },
  "name": "Voidly Topic Censorship Index (NEWS)",
  "publisher": {
    "@type": "Organization",
    "name": "Voidly Research",
    "url": "https://voidly.ai"
  },
  "summary": {
    "freeCount": 26,
    "highCount": 2,
    "lowCount": 2,
    "mediumCount": 16,
    "severeCount": 2
  },
  "topic": "press",
  "url": "https://voidly.ai/censorship-index"
}
Open complete source JSON ↗

04 / Use the evidence

The right topic URL.

Page slugpress-freedom
API topicpress
CategoryNEWS

curl & JavaScript

The public JSON endpoint does not require an API key. Its current cache header is five minutes; this is not a guarantee of new measurements.

curl 'https://api.voidly.ai/data/censorship-index.json?topic=press'
const response = await fetch('https://api.voidly.ai/data/censorship-index.json?topic=press')
if (!response.ok) throw new Error('Topic source unavailable')
const data = await response.json()
console.log(data.countries)
API docs ↗Open data ↗Methodology ↗
Topic embed: current limitation

The original guide supplied the iframe below. The current widget reads country, theme and size, but ignores topic and defaults to a country view. This snippet is retained for reference; it does not currently deliver a topic ranking. No iframe is loaded here.

<iframe
  src="https://voidly.ai/widget/embed?topic=press-freedom"
  width="100%"
  height="500"
  frameborder="0"
  title="Voidly censorship: Press freedom">
</iframe>

Use the working category API above for a topic-specific integration. The existing country widget has a measurement option; review its settings before embedding.

Open the widget builder ↗

05 / Share a traceable reference

Keep the source in view.

Save APA ↓

Read every format

BibTeX

@misc{voidly-topic-press-freedom,
  author       = {{Voidly Research}},
  title        = {Press freedom — category evidence by country},
  url          = {https://voidly.ai/topics/press-freedom},
  urldate      = {2026-10-23},
  organization = {Voidly},
  note         = {Voidly reference. Publication date not supplied. Voidly original material: CC BY 4.0; upstream material retains its own terms.}
}

APA

Voidly Research. (n.d.). Press freedom — category evidence by country. Voidly. Retrieved 2026-10-23, from https://voidly.ai/topics/press-freedom

Chicago (Author-Date)

Voidly Research. n.d.. “Press freedom — category evidence by country.” Voidly. Accessed 2026-10-23. https://voidly.ai/topics/press-freedom.

MLA

Voidly Research. “Press freedom — category evidence by country.” Voidly, https://voidly.ai/topics/press-freedom. Accessed 2026-10-23.

Markdown

[Press freedom — category evidence by country](https://voidly.ai/topics/press-freedom) — Voidly Research, n.d.. Accessed 2026-10-23. Voidly original material: [CC BY 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/); upstream terms apply.

Source access date: 2026-10-23. Publication date unavailable; response-generation times are retained above.