S e Th ee I e ie As the final step of the research process interviews were used to better understand the overall surveillance experience sense of safety and privacy for individuals working on sensitive issues in Myanmar such as human or digital rights A mix of in person and Signal interviews were carried out with 24 people of whom 50 were women These individuals were selected based on the nature of their work as well as via snowball recommendations from initial interviewees The work of the interviewees included freedom of expression human rights digital rights federalism peace conflict anti corruption countering hate speech civic tech open data and open parliament data and design data driven storytelling press freedom and legal reform All of the interviewees identified themselves either as solely activists journalists or human rights defenders or as multiple identities For security reasons the interview data has been anonymized and information about the identities of the interview participants will not be disclosed The interview questionnaire can be found attached to this report as Annex A

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