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AskCyber Home » News » News » Myanmar Military Cuts Off Access to Facebook, Messaging Apps

Myanmar Military Cuts Off Access to Facebook, Messaging Apps

2021-02-04 by Michelle Dvorak

Myanmar Blocks Facebook

Facebook, Messenger, WhatsApp, Instagram Blocked by Service Providers After Military Coup

Myanmar’s military leaders have ordered service providers to block access to Facebook, Messenger, WhatsApp, and Instagram. The censorship comes after a military coup over the weekend. The country’s elected leader Aung San Suu Kyi has been charged with smuggling radios.

The military says access to social media will remain blocked until Sunday, February 7 for the purpose of bringing “stability” to the country.

About 41 percent of Myanmar’s population use social media according to Statista.

In 2018, Facebook was used to incite violence against Myanmar’s ethnic minorities.

The military reportedly had locked down all internet access at the onset of the coup.

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Uganda blocked Social media and messaging apps during last month’s elections.

Facebook Responds

Facebook has removed the National Military TV Network’s Page according to a report in the Wall Street Journal. A separate Facebook page for announcements from the military is still working.

Facebook has designated Myanmar a “temporary high-risk location.”

The tech giant is “closely monitoring political events in Myanmar as they unfold” and is taking steps to “stop misinformation and content that could incite further tensions,” said Rafael Frankel a Facebook public policy director.

Myanmar or Burma?

Myanmar, also known as Burma, is in South East Asia. The country borders Thailand, Laos, Bangladesh, Mainland China, and India.

The military government changed the country’s name from Burma to Myanmar in 1989 – although it really only mattered for the English version of the country’s name. The two names have the same meaning, but Myanmar is the more formal version.

Myanmar Coup 2021

This past weekend with the military took control of Myanmar in a carefully orchestrated coup.

The country’s elected leader and longtime pro-democracy activist Aung San Suu Kyi and members of her party were detained.

Ms. Suu Kyi’s National League for Democracy (NLD) party won the November 2020 general election by a landslide. She has been charged with breaching import and export laws and possession of unlawful communication devices – smuggling radios over the border.

Suu Kyi was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize while under house arrest in 1991. She has also defended Myanmar against allegations of genocide.

The United States government continues to use the name Burma although the rest of the world has moved on.

Filed Under: News Tagged With: Asia, Facebook

About Michelle Dvorak

Michelle writes about cyber security, data privacy focusing on social media privacy as well as how to protect your IoT devices. She has worked in internet technology for over 20 years and owns METRONY, LLC. Michelle earned a B.S. in Engineering from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. Michelle published a guide to Cyber Security for Business Travelers


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