rights instruments, such as the Freedom Online Coalition’s Guiding Principles on Government use of Surveillance Technologies, it is required that companies: 6.2 • Conduct human rights due diligence assessments before concluding sales or entering into partnerships. • Refuse contracts where surveillance lacks legality, necessity or proportionality. • Publish transparency reports on demands made by the junta to interrupt or block services, as well as on its deployment of technology. • Cease sales and withdraw support where there is evidence of abuse. Digital platforms and tech companies i. Remove harmful content and improve platform accountability: Platforms like Telegram, Meta and TikTok are being used to target WHRDs through hate speech, sexual harassment and doxxing, especially in the local languages, mainly in Burmese. We call on these companies to: ii. • Improve content moderation systems and invest in local language and context capacity expertise. • Ensure user data protection, reject illegitimate demands by the junta to interrupt or block services and publish detailed transparency reports. • Conduct regular human rights due diligence assessments across operations, with special attention to contexts of conflict and repression. Collaborate with human rights civil society organisations: Given that WHRDs are deliberately targeted on platforms by pro-junta groups we urge the platforms to coordinate with human rights and digital rights organisations to: • Establish trusted partner channels with civil society and develop rapid-response protocols for victims of TFGBV and coordinated online attacks. • Establish secure channels to escalate threats when users need urgent protection, such as when they are at risk of being arrested due to being targeted online by pro-junta groups. • Share non-personal, aggregated data on threats when coordinated harassment and disinformation campaigns are evident. • Develop joint protocols for verifying and acting on content that endangers WHRDs and other pro-democracy activists, ensuring rapid takedown where necessary. • Involve local organisations in product and service safety reviews and policy changes affecting at-risk communities. 24