FREEDOM ON THE NET 2024 The Struggle for Trust Online Highlights from Freedom House’s annual report on internet freedom

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Abstract: Military commanders seized control of Myanmar’s government in February 2021, ending a period of power sharing between military and civilian leaders under a 2008 constitution that had been drafted by a previous junta. Since the coup, the military has violently suppressed dissent and battled a sizable armed resistance movement that has widespread popular support and includes militias associated with ethnic minority groups. The National League for Democracy (NLD), which led the civilian government before the coup and won a sweeping victory in the November 2020 elections, serves as the political backbone of a self-declared National Unity Government (NUG). Protected by the armed resistance groups, the NUG exercises partial or effective control over a growing swathe of territory outside major population centers. Millions of people remain displaced or have been newly displaced by the ongoing civil war, with many seeking refuge abroad.