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Myanmar Military Blocks Facebook to Suppress Civil Disobedience and Online Protest Coordination

Source: The Guardian · Tier A · Highly Reliable · 88/100

Originally published by The Guardian on 2021-02-04.

Facebook, one of the most popular means of communication in Myanmar, has been used to coordinate a civil disobedience campaign that saw health workers at dozens of hospitals walk out of their jobs on Wednesday to protest against the army’s actions. It has also been used to share plans for evening…

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