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Myanmar orders internet providers to block Twitter and Instagram in the country
Posted on 2/6/21 at 11:57 am
Posted on 2/6/21 at 11:57 am
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Not long after it blocked Facebook, Myanmar has now ordered mobile networks and internet service providers to block Twitter and Facebook-owned Instagram in the country as well. The southeast Asian country’s military seized power in a coup earlier this week, detaining its civilian leader Aung San Suu Kyi along with other government officials.
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“All mobile operators, international gateways and internet service providers in Myanmar received a directive on 5 February 2021 from the Myanmar Ministry of Transport and Communications (MoTC) to, until further notice, block the social media platforms Twitter and Instagram,” Norwegian telecom company Telenor said in a statement late Friday. The company provides mobile services in Myanmar.
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Rafael Frankel, Facebook’s director of public policy, APAC emerging countries, said in a statement to The Verge that the company was “extremely concerned” by the shutdown orders, and urged authorities to unblock access immediately. “At this critical time, the people of Myanmar need access to important information and to be able to communicate with their loved ones,” Frankel said.
A Twitter spokesperson echoed that concern, saying in an email to The Verge that the order “undermines the public conversation and the rights of people to make their voices heard. The Open Internet is increasingly under threat around the world. We will continue to advocate to end destructive government-led shutdowns.”
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Posted on 2/6/21 at 11:58 am to Cs
Myanmar is giving apps a Burma Shave?
Posted on 2/6/21 at 11:59 am to Cs
Can you imagine a world without Facebook and Twitter?
Posted on 2/6/21 at 12:03 pm to Cs
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A Twitter spokesperson echoed that concern, saying in an email to The Verge that the order “undermines the public conversation and the rights of people to make their voices heard. The Open Internet is increasingly under threat around the world.
If they would only apply this logic in the US. They don't seem to like it much when the shoe is on the other foot.
Posted on 2/6/21 at 12:05 pm to Cs
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The Open Internet is increasingly under threat around the world.
Under threat by Facebook and Twitter
Posted on 2/6/21 at 1:10 pm to Cs
How would life here be without Facebook and Twitter???
Utopia?
Utopia?
Posted on 2/6/21 at 1:14 pm to Cs
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“At this critical time, the people of Myanmar need access to important information and to be able to communicate with their loved ones,” Frankel said.
Right, because thats what makes Facebook money, huh?
Posted on 2/6/21 at 1:16 pm to Cs
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undermines the public conversation and the rights of people to make their voices heard
Holy shite at the irony here....
Posted on 2/6/21 at 1:28 pm to Cs
When the Cancellers get cancelled...
Posted on 2/6/21 at 1:52 pm to Cs
They seem to be making all the moves BoarEd said was going to happen here
Posted on 2/6/21 at 2:01 pm to Cs
It's not a real coup if it doesn't involve a buffalo headgear.
Posted on 2/6/21 at 2:21 pm to Cs
Twitter and Facebook are too big. They can influence entire countries through political manipulation and censorship. Like with what we saw here.
Any country that is not part of the hivemind...should probably get rid of fb and Twitter.
Any country that is not part of the hivemind...should probably get rid of fb and Twitter.
Posted on 2/6/21 at 2:32 pm to Cs
quote:Unless we don't like what they say, in which case, what rights?
A Twitter spokesperson echoed that concern, saying in an email to The Verge that the order “undermines the public conversation and the rights of people to make their voices heard
Posted on 2/6/21 at 2:43 pm to Cs
I hope countries will take matters into their own hands and show big tech who’s boss.
Posted on 2/6/21 at 2:50 pm to Cs
Not to self, move too Myanmar in a couple of years after the oppression her gets unbearable and the camps are opennd.
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