Restriction on Internet Freedom by the Junta the whitelist, conspicuously excluding Facebook, Twitter, and Wikipedia. Over 300 businessoriented applications, about 60 entertainment and gaming sites, and around ten educationrelated internet services7 were permitted, though thousands of websites and applications were banned, including Wikipedia. In June, the junta-run Ministry of Transport and Communications ordered telecommunications companies to monitor websites that users visited heavily and to follow the order of their Whitelist plan.8 The draft cybersecurity law imposing more repression on the internet freedom The junta’s Ministry of Transport and Communications asked mobile operators and telecommunications license holders’ feedback on a draft Cybersecurity Law that is totally against the democracy standards on February 9. That draft law, which is likely to oppress more on digital freedom, includes the facts that are not compliant with the international standards. The law consists of (1) military authority to absolute control over the internet; (2) having full access to the personal data of users by the authority; (3) full command on the internet and the mobile phone lines; and (4) those who failed to comply with this law shall be punished for a three-year term, and a fine.9 Abrupt disruption of the internet when the NUG’s press conference was going to be held There was another nationwide internet shutdown by the junta when the National Unity Government (NUG) was holding a second online press conference at 5 p.m. of June 4. Staff 7 Chen, Estey. (2021, September 02). “Months after coup, Myanmar accelerates toward surveillance state”. Available at Months After Coup, Myanmar Accelerates Toward Surveillance State – The Diplomat 8 Frontier. (2021, June 30). “Whitelisted internet takes Myanmar back to a ‘dark age’”. Available at https://www.frontiermyanmar.net/en/whitelisted-internet-takes-myanmar-back-to-a-dark-age/ 9 Asia Center. (2021). “Myanmar Dismantling Dissent Crackdowns on Internet Freedom”. Available at Myanmar- Dismantling-Dissent-Crackdowns-on-Internet-Freedoms.pdf 3