Myanmar junta s planned cyber law condemned
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Rights groups say bill would give authorities sweeping powers to block any content they don t like
published : 13 Feb 2021 at 15:12
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Human rights activists inside and outside Myanmar have expressed alarm at a cybersecurity law that the new military junta is seeking to pass as its first piece of legislation.
The bill would give authorities “sweeping powers to access user data, block websites, order internet shutdowns and imprison critics and officials at noncomplying companies”, Human Rights Watch said in a statement.
The bill could even enable authorities to arrest anyone accessing sites such as Facebook, which is still banned in the country, via virtual private network (VPN) applications.