Mobile Myanmar: The Impact of Social Media on Young People Living in Conflict-Affected Regions of Myanmar “Many girls encounter online harassment. For example, someone photoshopped a girl’s picture and then created a fake account with her sexy picture. When people saw this, they misunderstood and thought bad things about this girl.” Female, 18 years, Kaman Muslim, Basara (Rakhine State IDP) “Often those cases are targeted mostly on the teenage girls and female youths (18-25 year olds) and when they have problems in their relationship, they were black mailed and harassed online by their pictures being photoshopped and posted on Facebook by their ex. There are so many cases like this here. Most of the online users are male and most probably only 30% out of 100% girls are allowed to use Facebook. They were limited by their parents and family members because there are so many inappropriate contents on Facebook.” Female, 36 years, Rohingya Muslim, Basara (Rakhine State IDP) “There were some cases when couples have arguments or break up, one partner will post their sex videos online to embarrass or harass another person. There were some cases about posting photoshopped pics or nude pics of the girls they want to harass when they broke up.” Male, 19 years, Rakhine Buddhist, Sittwe (Rakhine State urban) “Among girlfriends, when we want to post our picture, we will check with each other if the pictures are okay to post or if they look too sexy. We don’t want our pictures to look too sexy. There was a time I posted my picture, and a boy commented on it saying, ‘I want to suck on this girl’s lip’. As soon as my friend saw the comment, she suggested I delete that picture as other people might look down on me because of his words.” Female, 22 years, Rakhine Buddhist, Sittwe (Rakhine State urban) These examples are consistent with those given in the FGDs and expand on issues above when discussing perceptions of online safety. Many young people, girls in particular, regularly experience online sexual harassment and therefore do not feel safe online, and they generally do not have the skills or knowledge to address this with the reporting, blocking and privacy features of the social media platforms they use. Sharing behaviours When asked what kinds of online content young people are sharing on social media, responses were largely similar to the earlier question regarding online interests. Accordingly, ‘news’ was the most common response, followed by sport, entertainment (including celebrity news), and educational content (particularly around learning English). Some mentioned the sharing of personal photos (especially ‘selfies’) but only one respondent mentioned the sharing of personal information or feelings. Few mentioned the sharing of political stories. There were no notable differences across different demographics. “Crime news like murder cases. Most young people will post their selfie pictures.” Male, 31 years, Kayah Buddhist, Ve Seh Ku village (Kayah State rural) “Sports, movies, and feelings – those who have a happy family will post about their happy lifestyle and those who are from a problematic family will post about their difficult situation.” Female, 30 years, Kayan Christian, Loikaw (Kayah State urban) “I think there are two different groups of users. The first group is young people who are involved in social movement and interested in politics. These young people use social media for fun and also for sharing information and reading news. The other group of users are young people who are not interested in social and political issues. They use social media mainly for 72