1/3/22, 11:28 AM Myanmar’s internet suppression INDEFINITE SHUTDOWN As of April 2, the internet stays almost entirely shut off during all hours of the day. “From a political point of view, the major effect is on people’s ability to know what’s happening in the coup and take part in the movement against it,” said Oliver Spencer, the legal director of the nonprofit Free Expression Myanmar. “It’s significantly harming the business sector as a secondary effect,” he said. “That’s business from the grassroots — from the farmer, where all they want to know is the going price for rice at the market — up to the national industries which rely on digital technology to work.” https://graphics.reuters.com/MYANMAR-POLITICS/INTERNET-RESTRICTION/rlgpdbreepo/ 16/31