The U.S. government can also play an important role by considering the global impact of domestic legislation applicable to American platforms before such companies are implicated in atrocities elsewhere. For instance, as I suggested here, talks of reforming Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act would be benefitted by discussions on how the safe harbor provision affects users in varying political contexts, which, in turn, can affect U.S. foreign policy. As the world ruminates on the Facebook Oversight Board’s recent decision on Trump’s de-platforming, the international community must realize that other countries have needed this kind of intervention long before de-platforming became an issue in liberal democracies. As news from Myanmar continues to shock and inspire, it is time to center the lived experience of at-risk populations, caught between a rock and a hard place, in conceptualizing how online speech ought to be governed in an interconnected world. Let’s not wait for democracy – no matter how imperfect – to unravel before noticing the signs. Image: A policeman from Myanmar, who fled the country and crossed illegally to India, looks at a picture of detained Myanmar civilian leader Aung San Suu Kyi on his social media at an undisclosed location in India’s northeastern state of Mizoram on March 13, 2021. – Scores of Myanmar policemen and their families have now fled to India, security officials said on March 12, with one officer telling AFP that the authorities are “beating and torturing” protestors. (Photo by SAJJAD HUSSAIN/AFP via Getty Images) About the Author(s) Jenny Domino Jenny Domino (@jenny_domino) leads the International Commission of Jurists’ (ICJ) program on internet freedom in the AsiaPacific and is a senior lecturer in law at the University of the Philippines. Previously, she was the ICJ’s legal adviser based in Myanmar.