The new laws are seen as an attempt to gag the press.

人们认为新法律企图压制新闻界的言论自由。

《牛津词典》

The attorney-general's attempt to gag the press in an affair of such political importance has sparked a fierce debate, once again, over how to balance the often competing interests of press freedom, a defendant's right to a fair trial and the public's right to see guilty men punished.

ECONOMIST: A battle over the public's right to know

Last but not least, do you want the Peruvian government to gag the yellow press for the pleasure of the opposition?

ECONOMIST: Letters

As for the slanderous yellow press, nobody is asking the government to gag it.

ECONOMIST: Letters