The surveillance capacity of Myanmar s military is also a major concern for individual and digital rights For example it has been documented that the military is using software such as Cellebrite a forensics tool that can be used to surveil Cellebrite was used in Myanmar when reporters Wa Lone and Kyaw Soe Oo were arrested for reporting on the Rohingya crisis According to court documents and statements Cellebrite pulled documents from the reporters phones including the itineraries for Pope Francis s visit to the country and the details of the military s campaign in Rakhine The military also operates a specialized psychological warfare unit which produces and disseminates a systematic flow of disinformation and hate speech on Facebook Additionally in June 2019 Kaspersky reported having detected FinSpy being used to collect a variety of private user information on various platforms According to their telemetry several dozen unique mobile devices have been infected over the past year I e e Sh d a d Re ic i Restrictions on internet access and bandwidth also occur in Myanmar Nine townships in Rakhine and Chin States have experienced an internet shutdown that lasted over one year Eight of these townships were from Rakhine State Maungdaw Ponnagyun Mrauk U Kyauktaw Minbya Buthidaung Rathedaung Myebon along with Paletwa township from Chin State

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