The surveillance capacity of Myanmar s military is also a major concern for individual and digital
rights For example it has been documented that the military is using software such as Cellebrite a
forensics tool that can be used to surveil Cellebrite was used in Myanmar when reporters Wa Lone
and Kyaw Soe Oo were arrested for reporting on the Rohingya crisis According to court documents
and statements Cellebrite pulled documents from the reporters phones including the itineraries for
Pope Francis s visit to the country and the details of the military s campaign in Rakhine The military
also operates a specialized psychological warfare unit which produces and disseminates a systematic
flow of disinformation and hate speech on Facebook
Additionally in June 2019 Kaspersky reported having detected FinSpy being used to collect a variety
of private user information on various platforms According to their telemetry several dozen unique
mobile devices have been infected over the past year
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Restrictions on internet access and bandwidth also occur in Myanmar Nine townships in Rakhine
and Chin States have experienced an internet shutdown that lasted over one year Eight of these
townships were from Rakhine State Maungdaw Ponnagyun Mrauk U Kyauktaw Minbya
Buthidaung Rathedaung Myebon along with Paletwa township from Chin State