5/24/22, 7:45 PM Myanmar: Data on internet blocks and internet outages following military coup | OONI which are not considered credible (as pointed out to us by civil society groups in Myanmar). Recent OONI measurements show that these news websites currently remain blocked on several networks in Myanmar, as illustrated through the following chart. Source: OONI measurements collected from Myanmar between 1st February 2021 to 25th February 2021, https://explorer.ooni.org/search?since=2021-0201&probe_cc=MM&until=2021-0228&only=anomalies&test_name=web_connectivity It is evident through the above chart (which aggregates measurements across networks) that the (ongoing) blocking of news media websites in Myanmar varies from network to network, and that different censorship techniques are adopted. In some cases, we observe DNS based interference which returns IP addresses that host block pages, enabling us to automatically confirm blocking. In other cases, we observe IP based blocking (which we more commonly see in more recent measurements), while some measurements are successful. These censorship patterns are consistent with what we observe in the blocking of social media and Wikipedia, as discussed previously. Further details are available through our analysis (which also provides relevant OONI measurements). Justice for Myanmar In August 2020, Telenor Myanmar disclosed that the Myanmar government had issued another directive instructing ISPs to block the website of Justice for Myanmar and 3 associated IP addresses. Justice for Myanmar is an activist campaign which aims to pressure businesses and investors around the world to divest from Myanmar military businesses. They argue that more than 150 international and domestic companies are engaged with military-owned companies in Myanmar, supporting brutal oppression in the country. Their campaign aims to expose international businesses with ties to Myanmar’s military and pressure them to divest. Their work is even more timely and urgent now that Myanmar is run by the military. However, access to their website remains blocked on several networks in Myanmar, as illustrated through the following chart. https://ooni.org/post/2021-myanmar-internet-blocks-and-outages/ 8/16