Photo: Women in a market in a Yangon street in November 2019 (Photo Courtesy of Laure Siegel) 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. 1