3/30/22, 3:07 PM Digitally Fueled Civil Resistance and Repression in Myanmar - Political Violence at a Glance imposed, the junta may regain control. One possibility is that Internet service providers (ISPs) unaffiliated with the junta, such as Norwegian Telenor, will be expelled from the country for expressing concerns about the development. This would solidify the junta’s information monopoly. A reversion to military dictatorship, as was in place before the 2008 constitution, still seems unlikely given the widespread disapproval of the coup and continued protest mobilization. Another concern is that digitally transmitted information about violence by the junta or protesters once again will set the conflictridden country on a violent path. Digital technology can be used to incite violence, as evidenced by the storming of the US Capitol. In Myanmar, nationalists used Facebook and Twitter to spread hate speech and misinformation during the 2017 violence against the Rohingya. Combating such misinformation, by muzzling propaganda accounts, for example, is one way to safeguard against a violent escalation of the conflict. Kyungmee Kim is a doctoral candidate at the Department of Peace and Conflict Research at Uppsala University. Twitter handle @KittyyKim. Espen Geelmuyden Rød is a researcher at the Department of Peace and Conflict Research at Uppsala University and a Senior Researcher at the Peace Research Institute Oslo. Twitter handle @espen_g_roed.  S H A R E 16  TWEET  R E L AT E D TAG S ARAB SPRING B L AC K L I V E S M AT T E R E L E CT R O N I C T R A N S ACT I O N S L AW I N S TAG R A M N AY PY I TAW R O H I N GYA J U N TA FAC E B O O K K AC H I N NORWEGIAN TELENOR TWITTER CHINA U S C A P I TO L H L U T TAW M A N DA L AY M YA N M A R PHYU PHYU THIN YA N G O N KYUNGMEE KIM AND ESPEN GEELMUYDEN RØD https://politicalviolenceataglance.org/2021/03/01/digitally-fueled-civil-resistance-and-repression-in-myanmar/ 4/9