Restriction on Internet Freedom by the Junta
telecommunications market through the provision of those services. For instance, the
services included enabling users accessible these banned sites without VPN, selling sim cards
at a low price and installing Wacky Jacky game (which can be played eight times per day for
free), conducting promotion by providing a bonus to sales staff, and setting the internet
package of 999 MMK for 9GB. However, as of the statement from the Justice for Myanmar,
there were a financial loss of at least USD 24.9 million and the loss of customer more than 2
million from February to April, resulting from the strong ongoing boycott against the military
group and related business products till now.24
Since the coup, Myanmar people faced the worst violations in freedom of expression,
peaceful assembly, media freedom, and internet freedom during the past decade. The
limited access to information due to the internet shutdown and telecommunications cut off
imposed adverse socioeconomic impacts on the daily life of the residents. Besides, people
in areas where the internet is still accessible spend every day in uncertain darkness fearing
further internet shutdown.
Research Methodology
This research paper reviewed the previously published research works, reports, and
statements. Information and events from the online news media were monitored and
documented daily. Regarding the study of internet freedom, three factors from the Freedom
House, i.e., (1) Obstacles to access, (2) Limits on content, (3) Violations of user rights, were
taken as reference.
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Justice for Myanmar. (2021, November 5). “အာဏာသိမ်းရန် ကိးပမ်းမှင့် သပိတ်ေမှာက်မေကာင့် သံုးလအတွင်း
ေဒလာ ၂၄.၉ သန်း မိုင်တဲလ် ထိခိုက်”. Available at အာဏာသိမ်းရန် ကိးပမ်းမှင့်... - Justice For Myanmar |
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