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Myanmar Junta's Planned Ban on Facebook and YouTube Highlights Escalating Digital Crackdown

Source: Access Now · Tier A · Highly Reliable · 92/100

Originally published by Access Now on 2022-09-20.

September 20, 2022 — The Myanmar junta’s intensifying control of online spaces must be stopped — Google and Meta must use their powers to intervene. As part of its efforts to dominate and weaponize the internet against people, the military is planning to “ban” Facebook (Meta) and YouTube (Google)…

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