5/17/23, 2:10 PM Skip to main content Is Telegram profiting from Myanmar’s nightmare? · Global Voices Support Global Voices To stay independent, free, and sustainable, our community needs the help of friends and readers like you. Donate now » Close Is Telegram profiting from Myanmar's nightmare? [https://globalvoices.org/2023/05/12/is-telegram-profiting-from-myanmars-nightmare/] Pro-military accounts use premium channels to spread hate and incitement Written by Min Nwai Oo Posted 12 May 2023 6:47 GMT [https://unsplash.com/photos/EhNLOlxlOXI?utm_source=unsplash&utm_medium=referral&utm_content=creditCopyText] Photo [https://unsplash.com/photos/8RMZqdR79qM?utm_source=unsplash&utm_medium=referral&utm_content=creditCopyText] by Dimitri Karastelev/Unsplash. Free to use under the Unsplash License [https://unsplash.com/license] . Myanmar military supporters have been using [https://www.frontiermyanmar.net/en/channelling-hate-and-disinformation-myanmars-bad-actors-move-totelegram/] the coup-2021/] . Telegram messaging platform to attack civilians since the February 2021 military coup [https://globalvoices.org/special/myanmar- After Meta (previously known as Facebook) banned [https://about.fb.com/news/2021/02/an-update-on-Myanmar/] the Myanmar military and its online outlets from its platform, pro-military propagandists found an alternative https://globalvoices.org/2023/05/12/is-telegram-profiting-from-myanmars-nightmare/ 1/4