Eastern Europe Tests New Forms of Media Censorship (Published 2022)

Belgrade, the capital of Serbia, last week. Like other countries in Eastern Europe, Serbia is adopting new forms of censorship to constrict the space open to critical voices and tilt public opinion in favor of those in power.Credit...Marko Risovic for The New York Times BELGRADE, Serbia — When Covid-19 reached Eastern Europe in the spring of 2020, a Serbian journalist reported a severe shortage of