ASEAN Regional Coalition to POLITICAL PROFILE & CASE STUDY #StopDigitalDictatorship MYANMAR 2023 Political Overview Was in ‘democratic transition’ before the 2021 military coup. #SaveRohingya �� ���� �� CASE STUDY Social media platforms have been used to orchestrate online hate campaigns against marginalised groups, such as the Rohingya, across the region; this is considered Digital Dictatorship. WHEN 2023, though this has happened throughout recent Myanmar Vietnam history and is still ongoing. WHERE Laos Myanmar, Indonesia, and across Southeast Asia WHO The Rohingya people, indigenous to Arakan, Myanmar, who have been historically discriminated against and forcefully displaced from their homelands; the situation has significantly worsened over the past decade. Thailand WHY/WHAT Cambodia Social media platforms have been used to orchestrate online hate campaigns against marginalised groups, such as the Rohingya, across the region; this is considered Digital Dictatorship. HOW ⚠ How Digital Dictatorship has caused the violation of Rohingya human rights: Groups and individuals have colluded with various digital dictatorship entities to spread and perpetuate racist and xenophobic hate online, often also integrated with misogyny, Islamophobia (particularly in Myanmar), homophobia, and other hateful rhetoric. Recently, the Rohingya people have been at the receiving end of a lot of this abuse. OHCHR, Myanmar: Social media companies must stand up to junta’s online terror campaign, say UN experts, (13 March 2023), available at: https://www.ohchr.org/en/press-releases/2023/03/myanmar-socialmedia-companies-must-stand-juntas-online-terror-campaign-say Malaysia Arrests, litigation, and the other forms of harassment mentioned in this case study are just some examples of how Digital Dictatorship has affected the individual(s) mentioned, as well as Southeast Asian society as a whole. HRDs The Guardian, The online hate campaign turning Indonesians against and/or journalists, including the one(s) in this case study, are often Rohingya refugees, (18 January 2024), available at: 202 Dawn of Digital Dictatorship:perpetually Weaponizing the Law Against Online Speech in Southeast Asia targeted by Digital Dictatorship in numerous ways that go https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/jan/18/the-online-hate-ca beyond just what is discussed here. mpaign-turning-indonesians-against-rohingya-refugees.