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Myanmar blocks “fake news” websites amid COVID -19 pandemic

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Internet Restrictions

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Arturo Filastò
Maria Xynou
Open Observatory of Network Interference (OONI)
Phyu Phyu Kyaw

Date Published: May 6, 2020

Abstract: In March 2020, Internet Service Providers (ISPs) in Myanmar received a directive from the Ministry of Transport and Communications to block 230 websites, most of which contain adult content. However, 67 of these sites were blocked on the grounds of spreading “fake news”. The list of these 230 websites has not been published.

In an attempt to potentially identify the newly blocked websites, we analyzed OONI network measurements collected from Myanmar over the last months, between 1st January 2020 to 9th April 2020.

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