US Bars Entry for Foreign Nationals Seeking to Censor Americans

The secretary of states said the U.S. government was taking action against five foreign nationals who led efforts to censor and demonetize Americans.

U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio speaks during an end-of-year press conference in the State Department Press Briefing Room in Washington, on Dec. 19, 2025. Mandel Ngan/AFP

The United States will block the entry of foreign nationals who have supported efforts to censor Americans, Secretary of State Marco Rubio announced on Dec. 23.

“For far too long, ideologues in Europe have led organized efforts to coerce American platforms to punish American viewpoints they oppose. The Trump administration will no longer tolerate these egregious acts of extraterritorial censorship,” Rubio wrote in an X post highlighting the move.