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Myanmar Military Junta Enacts Repressive New Cybersecurity Bill

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Myanmar Military Junta Enacts Repressive New Cybersecurity Bill

Among the law’s provisions is a ban on the provision of virtual private networks (VPNs), which are frequently used to circumvent internet controls.

Myanmar Military Junta Enacts Repressive New Cybersecurity Bill
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Myanmar’s military junta has passed its long-threatened Cybersecurity Law, which aims to tighten its control over vital arteries of communication amid the country’s intensifying civil war.

According to the text of the law, which has been published in parts in the last two editions of the state-run Global New Light of Myanmar, the purpose of the law is to “effectively investigate and take action against cyber crimes” and to “protect and safeguard the sovereignty and stability of the nation from being harmed by cyber threats, cyberattacks, or cyber misuse through the application of electronic technologies.”

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