9/24/21, 7:33 PM Facebook shut down commercial disinformation network based in Myanmar and Vietnam | by @DFRLab | DFRLab | Medium The Page Transparency section for MyTelPay and MyTel Myanmar, reflecting similar page administrator locations to that of the assets in the network. (Source: @jean_leroux/DFRLab via Facebook) Examples of campaigns In several instances, the pages shared identical content to one another as part of what appeared to be a series of campaigns critical of Ooredoo, Telenor, and MPT, MyTel’s direct competitors in the telecommunication sector. “Wave Money” On January 20, 2020, all six assets in the network published a post critical of Wave Money, a mobile payment platform operated by MyTel competitor Telenor. The post featured a meme that depicted Wave Money as comparable to “expert-level bank robbery.” Wave Money is a direct competitor to MyTel’s payment platform, MyTelPay. Several posts published on January 20, 2020, featured the Wave Money meme and identical wording in the post. All of the assets under analysis published the meme within the space of only three minutes. (Source: @jean_leroux/DFRLab via Facebook) https://medium.com/dfrlab/facebook-shut-down-commercial-disinformation-network-based-in-myanmar-and-vietnam-d8c07c518c04 10/15