The War On News

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Claim

Claim 193

Censored magazines often appeared with pages missing or words obliterated by silver ink to obscure banned content.

Published 2026-09-22. Last reviewed 2026-09-22. 1 source.

Statement
Censored magazines often appeared with pages missing or words obliterated by silver ink to obscure banned content.
Field
action
Value
Silver ink and torn pages
About
incident 1988-burma-slorc-press-scrutiny
Source
Censorship Prevails: Political Deadlock and Economic Transition in Burma archived copy
Publisher
ARTICLE 19
Method
outlet report
Checked
2026-09-22
Confidence
medium
Status
current

Quotation from the source

magazines often appearing with pages missing or words obliterated by silver ink.