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[14] [15] Burma is listed as an Internet enemy by Reporters Without Borders in 2011. [16] According to a study conducted by OpenNet Initiative (ONI) in 2005, Internet censorship was mostly confined to websites related to pro-democracy groups and those on pornography. [17] In addition, 85% of e-mail service provider sites were blocked.
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 ...
Myanmar underwent a communications and technology revolution after 2011 reforms that lifted severe restrictions on the media, mobile phone use, and internet use. The government welcomed international telecom businesses and promoted competition and by 2017, cheap 3G Chinese phones saturated the mobile phone market and the majority of the Burmese ...
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 ...
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.
Some media publishing houses such as Mawkun magazine, Myanmar Now, DVB, Mizzima News, and BBC Burmese have stopped publishing investigative reports. In Myanmar, private journalists are often prosecuted under article 66 (d) of the Telecommunications Act, which has been enacted to prevent online defamation.
Myanmar’s new military authorities appeared to have cut most access to the internet on Saturday as they faced a rising tide of protest over their coup that toppled Aung San Suu Kyi's elected ...