1/12/24, 11:44 AM PSM Club Examining the Situation of Digital Repression in Myanmar in 2023 Jan 2 10 min read Examining the Situation of Digital Repression in Myanmar in 2023 Since the military coup in February 2021, the State Administration Council (SAC) has been continuously engaging in widespread surveillance and repression within the communication and information access sectors of the civilian population. To manipulate in those sectors, the online space that is the backbone of information flows of the new era has been tried to control by SAC. In this article, we analyze and describe the instances of digital repression carried out by the SAC between January and December 2023. In collecting information on digital repression cases and related incidents that occurred within a year, we gathered data from media outlets and trustworthy partner organizations for analysis. This article analyzed and described the digital repression events that were conducted by SAC through January to December 2023, in four different sections. 1. Limitations and Repression of Freedom of Expression in Digital Space 2. Surveillance the Digital activities of the Public 3. Internet Shutdown incidents 4. Repression to online media freedom (1) Limitations and Repression of Freedom of Expression in Digital Space Since the 2021 coup, a series of actions targeting freedom of expression in the digital space by the SAC has been identified. There had been surveillance and detained individuals who wrote their opinions against them online, supporting the revolutionary groups that are fighting for the restoration of democracy in the nation and criticizing their mismanagement and policies. https://www.myanmarinternet.info/post/blog_014-1 1/8