During the war, the government passed a law on TV channel ratings.

At the first meeting, the ministerial commission on legislation approved a bill on control over the measurement of viewer ratings of central television channels. The project was approved despite the objections of legal advisers and protests from television channels and the State Television and Radio Broadcasting Company. Likudnik Shalom Danino's bill became a priority government initiative, obliging all factions of the ruling coalition to support it within the framework of coalition discipline.

During the war, measuring television channel ratings became one of the government's priorities due to the impact on television advertising revenues. The new law gives the communications minister the ability to control the advertising market, allowing the government to influence independent media. The Minister of Communications will determine methods for measuring viewership ratings, which has previously been done by an independent ratings commission.

The Government Legal Counsel's Office called the bill “a severe and disproportionate attack on private rights, freedom of speech and freedom of the press.” Three independent television channels spoke out against the law, considering it an attempt by the government to interfere in their financial affairs. The monitoring body Rashut HaShniyya also expressed opposition, adding that nowhere in the democratic world does the government interfere in viewer rating issues.

The 37th government of Israel ignores the opinions of lawyers and experts while continuing its policy. Communications Minister Shlomo Karai ignores the Office of the Legal Counsel's protests, saying their opinions don't matter. Netanyahu's Sixth Coalition continues to control independent institutions, especially the judiciary and the media. The government is waging a “creeping coup d'état” under the guise of a “war of revival,” according to the prime minister.