5/24/22, 8:07 PM Tracking 66(d) | Frontier Myanmar ISSUES SIGN UP NOW Tracking 66(d)  APRIL 20, 2018   A coalition of local and international groups has launched a website to present data on online defamation cases and strengthen their push for reforming the Telecommunications Law. By VICTORIA MILKO | FRONTIER SECTION 66(D) of the Telecommunications Law – pertaining to online defamation – has received plenty of attention in recent years, but accurate facts and figures on the topic can be hard to come by. Enter the #SayNoTo66(d) website, launched earlier this year. Created by a coalition of more than 20 local and international organisations that are working to track and raise awareness about online defamation, it was developed to make their findings easily available and counter disinformation and inaccuracies about the issue. Daw Wai Phyo Myint, the regional outreach manager for the Centre for Responsible Business, which is a member of the coalition, says the groups began coming together after a digital rights forum in 2015. “After this digital rights forum we were like, ‘Okay, let’s take a closer look at this issue. What are the major challenges and legislative issues we would like to touch on and advocate government?’” she said. “While we found that there are many problematic laws, it was clear that 66(d) was causing a lot of problems.” Around the same time, Yangon-based tech innovation lab Phandeeyar was looking to expand its digital rights discussions and began hosting monthly digital rights meet-ups. https://www.frontiermyanmar.net/en/tracking-66d/ Support independent journalism in Myanmar Sign up to be a Frontier member. 1/6