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Internet censorship in Burma is classified as selective in the political and Internet tools areas, as substantial in social, and as no evidence of filtering in conflict/security by the OpenNet Initiative in August 2012. [14] [15] Burma is listed as an Internet enemy by Reporters Without Borders in 2011. [16]
As Myanmar gradually expands its technologies and the Internet access, censorship remains a problem, with Freedom House in its 2017 Myanmar country profile stating that "conditions for the media in Myanmar have improved significantly since the country began its ongoing transition from military dictatorship toward electoral democracy.
Anti-coup protesters march during a demonstration against the Myanmar junta's internet restrictions in Yangon on May 12, 2021. ... The report points to censorship technology introduced in May that ...
The print, broadcast and online mass media in Burma (also known as Myanmar) has undergone strict censorship and regulation since the 1962 Burmese coup d'état.The constitution provides for freedom of speech and the press; however, the government prohibits the exercise of these rights in practice.
Internet shutdowns cost the global economy $5.5 billion in 2021, per digital rights group Top10VPN. Myanmar was the most severely impacted, losing an estimated $2.8 billion to shutdowns.
Myanmar has shut down much of its internet access to curb anti-coup protests, and services like Instagram and Twitter have been blocked. Myanmar shuts down internet to stifle anti-coup protests ...
Myanmar's global ranking was improved since National League for Democracy came into power. From 2013 to 2017, it reached to rank 20 in the Press Freedom Index.However, the rank declined after Reuters journalists such as Wa Lone and Kyaw Soe Oo were arrested in 2017 for their investigation into Inn Din massacre.
Myanmar authorities ordered telecoms companies to shut down internet services in conflict-torn western Myanmar, a leading operator said on Saturday, amid heightening tensions in the region, where ...