Nearly all US News outlets refusing to comply with Trump Admin press restrictions is apparently not World News, according to lemmy.world editorial team

So, I made the same post of a Variety article covering how basically the entirety of US news agencies are refusing to comply with new Pentagon press standards, I posted this to multiple World/Global news comms on multiple instances...

https://variety.com/2025/tv/news/pentagon-pete-hegseth-press-rules-fox-news-cnn-refuse-to-sign-1236552784/

... and my post to World News on lemmy.world, with ~200 upvotes in ~6 hours, 20 comments, was locked and removed with reason "Internal US News", at midnight my local time...

https://lemmy.world/post/37359472

(removed)

https://lemmy.dbzer0.com/post/55525545

(local mirror of same post)

... apparently the lemmy.world World News editorial team doesn't think it rises to the level of generally relevant to the entire world that basically all US media outlets (with the single exception of OAN, the most MAGA-culty news outlet) are unifying in a collective refusal to comply with the Trump Admin's new military reporting standards.

No other World/Global News comm on any other instance that I made this same post to acted similarly.

lemmy.zip Global News:

https://lemmy.zip/post/50994380

beehaw.org World News:

https://beehaw.org/post/22673636

(my internet is shitting itself right now and I can't load beehaw, will try to update later)

EDIT: internet's back up, link updated

lemmy.ml World News:

https://lemmy.ml/post/37548697

... the meta-irony of this is physically painful to me.

Sure would be neat if the lemmy.world admins followed through on their recent pledge to reevaluate the staffing of their mod teams.

Comments

walden @wetshav.ing 2d ago
PTB
I do think this is world news. The US military is the largest in the world, like it or not. Reporters have kept leaders accountable in the past. Without accountability, the US military can more easily meddle with foreign countries and claim false results, changing the global geopolitical landscape using their lies.
- sp3ctr4l @lemmy.dbzer0.com 2d ago
  Exactly, thank you.
  Yeah, as you say, like it or not, the US Military is huge, and everyhere, its... quite obvious that this whole story is relevant to basically the entire world.
- rbn @sopuli.xyz 2d ago
  I agree. As a EU-external European, this seems like very relevant news to me.
- Serinus @lemmy.world 2d ago
  Would someone wanting to avoid US specific news want to see this article?
  There are other communities to post it to, like !politics
  
  walden @wetshav.ing 2d ago
  Probably not, but that doesn't make it not world news.
  
  illi @piefed.social 1d ago
  Maybe have a comm for non-US news then? Major US news is world news, as US is part of the world.
snooggums @piefed.world 2d ago
Good ol' jordanlund being jordanlund.
- goferking (he/him) @lemmy.sdf.org 2d ago
  Now will full support and backing of the admins to be as shit as he wants!
- jordanlund @lemmy.world 1d ago
  Enforcing rule #1 of a community, crazy right?
  
  snooggums @piefed.world 1d ago
  You are the worst.
mrdown @lemmy.world 2d ago
We should stop posting there
remon @ani.social 2d ago
I don't see how that news would NOT be US internal news. Mods are just enforcing the rules.
YDI.
No other World/Global News comm on any other instance that I made this same post to acted similarly.
Because they don't have a rule against US internal news.
- sp3ctr4l @lemmy.dbzer0.com 2d ago
  Once upon a time, I was an actual copy editor and worked in an actual news room, that printed actual physical papers.
  I would, and back a while ago, did argue that something like this is so potentially impactful to the entire world, that it is in fact 'world news', as in, news that is generally quite important to readers from anywhere, that is shaping or may shape the course of world history.
  'US Internal News' is not defined or explained at all within the rules, beyond just literally that phrase.
  By the logic of 'it happens entirely within the US, so its internal US News'... a US Presidential election outcome is not world news, 9/11 (as it happened in real time) would not be world news, a theoretical military coup/counter coup in the US would not be world news.
  This is a dumb way to try to draw this totally arbitrary and editorial line.
  Rules can in fact be stupid themselves.
  I again emphasize that this in a unique editorial decision, made by almost certainly one particular mod who is currently facing many calls to resign or be removed from being a lemmy.world World News mod, by at least one other former lemmy.world mod, for being capricious, petty and arbitrary.
  
  remon @ani.social 2d ago
  I would, and back a while ago, did argue that something like this is so potentially impactful to the entire world, that it is in fact ‘world news’, as in, news that is generally quite important to readers from anywhere, that is shaping or may shape the course of world history.
  Fair, but I would disagree.
  ‘US Internal News’ is not defined or explained at all within the rules, beyond just literally that phrase.
  I don't think that's a problem. Just use your best judgment. If the mod disagrees, they'll remove the post and we can all move on, no harm done.
  By the logic of ‘it happens entirely within the US, so its internal US News’… a US Presidential election outcome is not world news, 9/11 (as it happened in real time) would not be world news, a theoretical military coup/counter coup in the US would not be world news.
  Some US department making rules for journalist isn't a presidential election or 9/11 ... ridiculous comparison.
  This is a dumb way to try to drawn this totally arbitrary and editorial line.
  Sure. I personally think the rule is stupid and a community named "world news" shouldn't exclude a part of the world. But that's not how lemmy works.
  If the people running this community want to have that rule they can and they can enforce it as they see fit. And removing this particular post is, in my opinion, way within a reasonable interpretation of that rule. So there is no power tripping.
- mrdown @lemmy.world 2d ago
  They are inconsistant with the rules
  
  goferking (he/him) @lemmy.sdf.org 2d ago
  What you expect jl to remember rules???
- Serinus @lemmy.world 2d ago
  Apparently you don't know JordanLund. If you did, you could base this entirely on your opinion of him and not at all on the facts themselves.
  
  remon @ani.social 2d ago
  If you did, you could base this entirely on your opinion of him and not at all on the facts themselves.
  Great advice right here. Who needs facts if you have opinions!
  
  BurgerBaron @piefed.social 1d ago
  
  Still is a rule 1 violation and you're still using your .world account. You're not concerned their selectively mute admins enable him?
Pamasich @kbin.earth 1d ago
On Reddit, a more accurate name for /r/worldnews would be "Non-US News". It iirc came about because /r/news was flooded with random US news no one outside the US cared about, so /r/worldnews was meant to be the place for news from or directly concerning other countries besides the US.
Considering the rule of no internal US news, I assume lemmy.world's version of the community is an extension of the subreddit, culturally. They do allow some US news, but from what I can tell, it's only ones which directly concern another country or the citizen of another country.
- goferking (he/him) @lemmy.sdf.org 21h ago
  The issue here is it does appear to be something world news worthy as it's an announcement all news agencies will stop getting to interact with Pentagon news briefings.
  World totally doesn't need to know anything about the largest military in the world
Blaze @lazysoci.al 1d ago
!world@quokk.au
Unruffled [they/them] @lemmy.dbzer0.com 11h ago
Though it pains me a little to back up Jordan here, YDI. The community rule is pretty clear and there's plenty of alternative news comms to post to.
Corridor8031 @lemmy.ml 17h ago
Idk this post kind of annoys me making an issue out of nothing. it is not obviously world news you can easily argue for both
Tollana1234567 @lemmy.today 1d ago
hes going to threaten some of them by pulling thier broadcasting licenses/reporting license.
MourningDove @lemmy.zip 8h ago
YDI. Read the page rules. You’re not guaranteed your post just because others allow it.
jordanlund @lemmy.world 1d ago
Rule 1: Not US Internal News.
So - The US government placing restrictions on US media is pretty much the exact definition of internal US news.
I mean, it's right there, and I told you where you COULD post it. Namely !news@lemmy.world and !politics@lemmy.world
Allowing US News in !world@lemmy.world would rapidly become all Trump all the time.
The whole point of World is to have a non-US centric zone.
- goferking (he/him) @lemmy.sdf.org 21h ago
  Pete Hegseth‘s Defense Department has threatened to revoke press credentials of news organization that do not agree to restrictive new coverage rules — and says it may bar journalists who don’t agree to abide by the rules from physical access to the Pentagon’s ground
  Weird how that threat isn't only to US media but all media.
  
  jordanlund @lemmy.world 19h ago
  
  Media attempting to access US resources in the US.

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