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Myanmar internet
October 21, 2022
Myanmar Is the Leading Edge of Digital Authoritarianism in Southeast Asia
By Gerard McDermott
The military junta is introducing Southeast Asia to the Chinese model of state surveillance and information control.
January 31, 2022
Myanmar Junta Set to Pass Draconian Cyber Security Law
By Sebastian Strangio
Among the provisions is a ban on VPNs, which the population has used to circumvent state controls on social media networks like Facebook.
May 26, 2021
Internet ‘Whitelist’ Highlights Myanmar Military’s Wishful Economic Thinking
By Sebastian Strangio
Facebook and Twitter are out. A suite of business applications and messaging services are in.
May 19, 2021
Reports Expose Myanmar Junta’s Planned Internet Stranglehold
By Sebastian Strangio
Even if successful, the military's internet plans will deepen its political isolation and economic dysfunction.
May 18, 2021
Report Says Myanmar Internet a ‘Virtual Battlefield’
By Elaine Kurtenbach
The Myanmar military is developing an "intranet" for inside the country that allows mobile access only to approved, or "whitelisted" applications.
April 12, 2021
Myanmar’s Unsustainable Social Media Shutdown
By Pete Hunt
Countries may backtrack on democracy, but never on Facebook usage.
February 16, 2021
Myanmar Protests Resume After Second Night of Internet Shutdown
By Associated Press
The protests come ahead of a scheduled court appearance by Aung San Suu Kyi on Wednesday.
February 12, 2021
Myanmar Junta Readies Draconian Cyber-Security Legislation
By Sebastian Strangio
The draft law is clearly intended to rein in the use of social media by the country's burgeoning Civil Disobedience Movement.
February 04, 2021
Myanmar Blocks Facebook as Resistance Grows to Coup
By Associated Press
The move came amid a growing campaign of civil disobedience following Monday's military takeover.
July 15, 2020
Myanmar Must End Its Internet Shutdown
By Jieun Pyun
Myanmar’s internet shutdown is the world’s longest, depriving its people of their rights.
November 09, 2017
Social Media Exhibits Its Disruptive Power in Myanmar
By Tej Parikh
The dark side of social media – fake news, sectarian divisions, propaganda – is on display in Myanmar.
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