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Censorship & Shutdowns

Censorship & Shutdowns

Documenting the Myanmar military junta's systematic use of internet censorship, website blocking, and connectivity shutdowns as instruments of political repression.

January 19, 2025· 8 min read

The Economic Cost of Internet Censorship in Myanmar: A Call for Change

Internet censorship in Myanmar cost $1.58B in 2024, 2.44% of GDP. Explore its economic impact and why open internet access is crucial for growth and investment.

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October 13, 2020· 5 min read

Examining the Impact of Myanmar’s Proposed Smart City on Privacy

Smart cities leverage smart technology and data analysis to optimize city functions, drive economic growth, and improve the quality of life of the residents. In January 2020, Myanmar’s construction ministry signed a deal to build a smart city in the country’s largest city, Yangon

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May 16, 2020· 13 min read

A Major Brake on Myanmar Digital Economy Plan

This fast-growing blacklist along with a complete lack of transparency will have a serious impact on the country's digital economy development.

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April 6, 2020· 5 min read

Myanmar enforces website censorship for the first time

While the COVID outbreak is in everyone’s mind and literally squats every single headline, Myanmar government has ordered the operators to block a handful list of websites. The information came from a Telenor’s statement which said that the order was made under section 77 of the

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February 3, 2019· 15 min read

တစ်စထက် တစ်စ ပိုမိုလမ်းပွင့်လာတဲ့ မြန်မာ့ Esports နဲ့ Mobile Game အလားအလာ

လာမယ့္ ဖိလစ္ပိုင္ SEA Game မွာလည္း Esports ကို Medal Event အေနနဲ႔ ၿပိဳင္ပြဲက်င္းပေပးမွာ ျဖစ္ၿပီး PC Platform အတြက္ Dota 2 နဲ႔ Starcraft 2 ၊ Console အတြက္

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April 4, 2018· 9 min read

Why use a VPN in Myanmar

Internet Freedom in Myanmar is declining, censorship is on the rise. Government recently announced a massive investment in a solution to monitor activity on Internet and specifically Facebook.

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