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A site on Blogger, which is owned by Google, is being used for propaganda for the Myanmar coup.
Gmail accounts are listed in financial information for companies on a US sanctions list.
Activists say Google should act to stop military coup leaders from using their tools.
Freedom-of-information activists say the coup leaders who have seized power in Myanmar are using Gmail and the Google-owned Blogger platform to spread propaganda, and that Google should crack down.
The US and UN have decried the February 1 coup in which the military seized power and arrested top political leaders. There have been reports of use of excessive force by the military, which has cut much of the population s access to the internet.
The US has slapped a raft of sanctions on Myanmar’s top military to block their access to more than a billion dollars in government funds being held in America, and will redirect millions in US aid to “strengthen civil society.”
The Biden administration on Thursday announced its sanctions campaign related to the military coup in Myanmar, targeting military commanders, their families and businesses and redirecting $42.4 million of U.S.
Washington [US], February 12 (ANI): The United States on Thursday (local time) sanctioned 10 individuals and three entities for their association with the military apparatus responsible for the coup in Myanmar, amid sanctions targeting the leaders of the new government there.