# Claim 541

Editor Aung Marm Oo describing the effect of the shutdown on reporters.

Published 2026-09-23. Last reviewed 2026-09-22. 1 source.

- Statement: Editor Aung Marm Oo describing the effect of the shutdown on reporters.
- Field: effect_on_reporting
- Value: Reporters in different townships cannot send stories
- About: [incident 2021-myanmar-military-internet-shutdown](https://thewaronnews.com/incidents/2021-myanmar-military-internet-shutdown)
- Source: Journalists struggle to work amid extended internet shutdowns in Myanmar, Ethiopia, Kashmir. https://cpj.org/2021/05/journalists-shutdowns-myanmar-ethiopia-kashmir/
- Publisher: Committee to Protect Journalists
- Method: outlet report
- Checked: 2026-09-22
- Confidence: medium
- Status: current
- Source date: 2021-05-03

## Quotation from the source

> Since mobile internet usage [was] blocked by the military junta, our reporters in different townships have found it really difficult to send their news stories

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