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  • Regime’s proposed Anti-Online Fraud Law targets dissent, not scams

    Regime’s proposed Anti-Online Fraud Law targets dissent, not scams

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    The proposed Anti-Online Fraud Bill is not a genuine response to cybercrime, but a repressive tool of military control. Framed as an anti-scam law, it expands mass surveillance, censorship, arbitrary asset seizures, and disproportionate punishment, threatening digital dissent, alternative financial networks, humanitarian action, and fundamental human rights across Myanmar.

  • The impact of digital platforms on Myanmar’s media during the 2025–6 elections

    The impact of digital platforms on Myanmar’s media during the 2025–6 elections

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    The exile media has become increasingly reliant on digital platforms to inform the Myanmar public. Such reliance has exposed the media to regular attacks from the military, its allies, and the platforms themselves. This report surveys over 40 media outlets to uncover their experiences before, during, and after the 2026 elections. It was produced in…

  • Protecting Myanmar’s HRDs in the digital age

    Protecting Myanmar’s HRDs in the digital age

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    Myanmar’s human rights defenders are facing significant digital attacks in response to their work. This report was submitted to the UN Office for the High Commissioner for Human Rights, which is doing a global review of digital attacks.

  • How the military blocked independent media during the 2025-6 elections

    How the military blocked independent media during the 2025-6 elections

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    This groundbreaking report uses big data to reveal how the military intensified internet blocking of independent media, social media platforms, and VPNs during the sham elections, aiming to prevent the public from accessing any independent reporting or communicating with each other.

  • Impact of digital surveillance on civic space in Myanmar

    Impact of digital surveillance on civic space in Myanmar

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    The military is weaponising surveillance to crush all civic space. AI-powered cameras and spyware are used to hunt journalists, human rights defenders, and political activists, while repressive new laws create a “rule by lawfare.” This digital dictatorship enables a high-tech war on women and criminalises the very act of seeking privacy.

  • AI undermines cultural life in Myanmar

    AI undermines cultural life in Myanmar

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    The military is weaponising Artificial Intelligence to dismantle cultural rights and undermine the right to development. By automating censorship, enforcing digital exclusion, and erasing minority identities, the military has created a digital dictatorship. This submission details how AI-driven repression violates international law and demands urgent global accountability.

  • The effect of digital repression on transitional justice in Myanmar

    The effect of digital repression on transitional justice in Myanmar

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    Myanmar’s digital dictatorship creates significant barriers to transitional justice. While new technologies offer vital evidentiary tools, the military weaponises AI, biometric surveillance, and internet shutdowns to criminalise documentation and erase digital memory. This report to the UN calls for global evidence preservation protocols and digital restoration to protect the right to truth.

  • Myanmar freedom on the net 2025

    Myanmar freedom on the net 2025

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    This year’s Freedom on the Net report finds that internet freedom in Myanmar remained one of the worst in the world, alongside China, with a score of 9 points out of 100. The military’s installation of advanced deep packet inspection technology and the resulting VPN block significantly worsened the situation, shifting the country from basic…

  • Gender equality, the digital space and AI in Myanmar

    Gender equality, the digital space and AI in Myanmar

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    The military is waging a high-tech war on women. Pro-military online groups dox women, publishing their private data and calling for their arrest. This “dox-to-arrest” pipeline is backed by an expanding network of AI-powered facial recognition cameras, which enables the military to track women. This systematic campaign violates women’s fundamental human rights to privacy, freedom…

  • U.S. Congress Starlink investigation threatens internet access in Myanmar

    U.S. Congress Starlink investigation threatens internet access in Myanmar

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    A U.S. Congressional investigation into the use of Starlink by scam centres in Myanmar risks a blunt and disproportionate response that would further undermine the rights of a vulnerable population already suffering from repression, conflict, and poverty.

  • Myanmar’s repressive use of AI to counter “terrorism”

    Myanmar’s repressive use of AI to counter “terrorism”

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    The military in Myanmar is engineering an artificial intelligence-powered digital dictatorship under the false pretext of national security and counter “terrorism”. This is not merely a collection of surveillance tools but a core component of the military’s campaign of repression, designed to automate and scale up atrocity crimes against the opposition.

  • Fourth draft Sagaing Constitution lacks fundamental rights

    Fourth draft Sagaing Constitution lacks fundamental rights

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    The fourth version of the draft Sagaing Constitution continues to mark a shift toward public participation and transparency in law-making and includes positive changes. However, significant human rights issues remain. Many essential civil and political rights are still missing, and new vague language has been introduced that could enable future violations.

  • Privacy violations and discrimination in Myanmar

    Privacy violations and discrimination in Myanmar

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    Since the 2021 coup, Myanmar’s military has weaponised digital tools to dismantle privacy and target marginalised groups. This submission to the UN High Commissioner documents discriminatory surveillance practices—such as data retention, SIM registration, VPN blocks, and facial recognition—and calls for urgent international action to expose, sanction, and end the military’s deliberate strategy of digital repression…

  • Disinformation as a weapon in Myanmar

    Disinformation as a weapon in Myanmar

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    Disinformation is a deliberate, state-sponsored tactic used to silence dissent, justify violence, and undermine human rights. Spread through military-controlled media and covert online networks, it distorts reality and fuels division. Harmful counter-measures often worsen repression, while weak responses from digital platforms allow falsehoods to thrive. Independent media and global cooperation are urgently needed to counter…

  • Facebook whistleblower alleges “careless” management failed Myanmar

    Facebook whistleblower alleges “careless” management failed Myanmar

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    The newly published book Careless People, by Facebook’s former director of public policy Sarah Wynn-Williams, alleges that the company’s management was “deeply unconcerned” about its role in Myanmar, which helped “enable posts that led to horrific sexual violence and genocide” against the Rohingya minority group. 

  • Myanmar’s digital coup rigging the election before it begins

    Myanmar’s digital coup rigging the election before it begins

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    The digital space plays a crucial role in modern electoral processes, especially in contexts like Myanmar, where the media landscape is tightly controlled, and online platforms remain one of the few avenues to access information. This report highlights how the military’s attacks on internet access and digital freedoms will further undermine the military’s plan to…

  • Draft Sagaing constitution missing key rights

    Draft Sagaing constitution missing key rights

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    The draft constitution is a step forward but should be strengthened to abolish the death penalty, ban cruel, inhuman, or degrading treatment, guarantee the right to vote and the right to privacy. The draft should also be amended to enhance fair trial safeguards, ensure judicial independence, establish judicial review, and restrict emergency powers.

  • Myanmar’s cyber law a serious threat to privacy, speech, and security

    Myanmar’s cyber law a serious threat to privacy, speech, and security

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    Rather than ensuring cybersecurity, Myanmar’s newly adopted Cyber Security “Law” grants the military sweeping powers to control online spaces, enabling systematic violations of digital rights, including the rights to privacy, freedom of expression, and access to information. This analysis highlights how the law deviates from international human rights standards and threatens privacy, digital security, VPN…

  • Meta/Facebook changes threaten Myanmar’s digital space 

    Meta/Facebook changes threaten Myanmar’s digital space 

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    Mark Zuckerberg’s announcement of significant changes to Meta’s content moderation policies raises serious concerns for Myanmar, where Facebook has both enabled anti-coup dissent and fuelled real-world consequences, including contributing to atrocities against the Rohingya. While fostering free expression is commendable, Meta also has heightened legal and moral responsibilities under international human rights law and its previous commitments to prevent its platforms from enabling harm in high-risk environments…

  • The Great Firewall of Myanmar

    The Great Firewall of Myanmar

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    The military’s May 2024 VPN block has significantly infringed on digital rights. Human Rights Myanmar’s review of 3 billion Facebook interactions shows a substantial decline in public engagement on Facebook, impacting media, development, and the digital economy. The VPN block, combined with the Facebook ban, may be the largest act of censorship in Myanmar’s turbulent…

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