The US President Donald Trump’s administration has introduced stringent new rules governing journalistic access to military information, and central to the new policies is a requirement that reporters agree not to publish any material without prior official clearance, the Intercept reported. According to a memo circulated among news organisations and reported by The New York Times, journalists covering the Pentagon must now sign a pledge committing to disclose only authorised content. The guidelines emphasise that all information, regardless of classification status, must receive approval from designated Pentagon authorities before publication.
