Pressure is mounting. Most anti-coup citizens have switched from Messenger and WhatsApp
to the encrypted messaging applications Signal and Telegram because they are deemed safer
than Meta. Groups such as Justice for Myanmar and Burma Campaign UK have been lobbying
the US company to effectively ban pro-military accounts and kick Burmese military companies
off of Facebook. On December 7th, 2021, Meta finally stated that it will "remove Pages, Groups
and accounts representing military-controlled businesses". In view of the damage done, the
move is belated and hundreds of pro-military propaganda pages still remain active. Activists
insist that the ban must be comprehensive and applied to all military joint ventures to cut their
advertisement revenues and their influence.
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