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Myanmar s digital regime foreshadows SE Asia
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published : 15 Mar 2021 at 04:30
5 A woman uses her mobile phone to check Facebook and other mobile apps in Yangon as Myanmar s generals ordered internet providers to restrict access to Facebook, days after they seized power. AFP
The throttling of internet freedoms in the wake of Myanmar s coup is the latest in a distinct trend toward digital authoritarianism in Southeast Asia. Attacks on the internet are rising, including countrywide shutdowns and targeting of conflict zones.
Such assaults also include tactics like intentionally slowing down internet servers in Vietnam, pressuring technology companies to take down critics social media posts in Cambodia, actively manipulating social media narratives in the Philippines and the alleged deployment of signal jamming during political protests in Thailand.