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network infrastructure
and eases their ability to
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shut down the internet. It
Six risks from Myanmar’s draft Cyber Security Law – Free Expression Myanmar
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includes provisions for
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2020 MANIFESTOS
both temporary and per-
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manent bans on any online service such as
Facebook (Arts. 51.a and
51.c), and provisions for
allowing the military government temporary control of any network
devices (Art. 51.b). Bans
must be in accordance
with a vague “public interest”, presumably as
defined by the military
(Art. 51). The only socalled “safeguard” is that
the military’s governing
State Administration
Council must approve the
military-controlled
ministry’s decision (Art.
51).
6. Private
data put under military
control
The draft law gives the
military unfettered access
to private data. It requires
all “online service providers” such as Facebook,
Google, and Telenor, to
store vast quantities of
personal private data including Citizenship Card
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