# Claim 408

The military broadened a penal-code provision to criminalize spreading false news, raising the maximum penalty to three years.

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

- Statement: The military broadened a penal-code provision to criminalize spreading false news, raising the maximum penalty to three years.
- Field: effect_on_reporting
- Value: Article 505(a) broadened to criminalize 'false news'
- About: [incident 2021-myanmar-junta-revokes-media-licenses](https://thewaronnews.com/incidents/2021-myanmar-junta-revokes-media-licenses)
- Source: Bitter reversal: Myanmar military coup wipes out press freedom gains. https://cpj.org/reports/2021/07/bitter-reversal-myanmar-journalists-jailed-imprisoned-military-crackdown/
- Publisher: Committee to Protect Journalists
- Method: outlet report
- Checked: 2026-09-22
- Confidence: medium
- Status: current
- Source date: 2021-07-01

## Quotation from the source

> false news

Source page: https://thewaronnews.com/claims/408. The War On News, CC BY 4.0.