Myanmar News News Myanmar » Social: Myanmar’s forgotten war: How the world is failing the test of the UN’s Responsibility to Protect
The war in Myanmar draws far less western attention than Ukraine or the Middle East. Why is such an enduring and intractable conflict being treated with so little urgency?
News Myanmar » Social: When Facebook becomes 'the beast': Myanmar activists say social media aids genocide
As tens of millions of Americans come to grips with revelations that data from Facebook may have been used to sway the 2016 presidential election, on the other side of the world, rights groups say ...
News Myanmar » Social: The Myanmar junta’s war against Facebook
Zaw Zaw, a photojournalist in Myanmar was arrested in Mandalay by the local military authority on April 9, 2022, and was sent to Mandalay’s Obo Prison in May 2022 after being detained at the notorious ...
News Myanmar » Social: Hate speech in Myanmar continues to thrive on Facebook
JAKARTA, Indonesia — Years after coming under scrutiny for contributing to ethnic and religious violence in Myanmar, Facebook still has problems detecting and moderating hate speech and misinformation ...
News Myanmar » Social: Myanmar’s Digital Dictatorship: An Extreme Example of the Use and Abuse of Social Media
The situation in Myanmar continues to deteriorate, with news received on July 25 that four activists have been executed. The executions are the first carried out in Myanmar for several decades. The ...
News Myanmar » Social: Former Myanmar Information Minister Arrested Over Social Media Posts
The arrest of the former army officer followed the imposition of heavy prison terms on two high-ranking members of the military government. Former Myanmar Information Minister Ye Htut as seen in an ...
News Myanmar » Social: Hate speech in Myanmar continues to thrive on Facebook
Years after coming under scrutiny for contributing to ethnic and religious violence in Myanmar, Facebook still has problems detecting and moderating hate speech and misinformation on its platform in ...