However, the rank declined after Reuters journalists such as Wa Lone and Kyaw Soe Oo were arrested in 2017 for their investigation into Inn Din massacre.
In some areas such as West, has minimum access to news and other information available online since the military have disconnected the Internet in several districts on for alleged security reasons.
According to a non-government organisation, PEN Myanmar, 80 cases have been registered since the law enforced; however, 73 persons or media groups have been charged under 66D since Suu Kyi's government came to power in 2016.
[7] Burmese media was previously restricted from publishing news without approval from censorship team of Myanmar government, which was originally created during the British rule.
[8] In March 2021, Aung Thura, a BBC Burmese service reporter, was arrested by the local authorities while covering the 2021 anti-coup protests against the military.