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The Internet As A Battlefield in Post-Coup Myanmar Mi-Kun & Laure Siegel January 2022

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The Internet as a Battlefiled in Post-coup Myanmar

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Topic

Digital Rights
Digital Surveillance
Disinformation
Information Operation
Internet Connectivity / Accessibility
Internet Restrictions
Military Coup

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Laure Siegel
Mi-Kun
Researchers' Republic
The Myanmar Project Collective

Date Published: Jan 25, 2022

Abstract: On the morning of the February 1st coup, led by Senior General Min Aung Hlaing, access to the Internet was cut nationwide in a first attempt to tame popular organizing and outrage online. The cut was temporary and, initially, it looked like the new military regime, the State Administration Council (SAC), would be relatively tolerant of dissent on the streets and social media. That changed in March when the SAC cracked down. Social media became a weapon for the junta. Platforms became a means to spread military propaganda and hunt opponents. Civilians used those same platforms to expose the brutality, fundraise for the most vulnerable, and mobilize. On social media and beyond, the Internet became a battleground and the stakes of online activity became life and death.

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