Frankel, the Facebook policy director, said in his blog post that the company’s efforts to protect Myanmar’s citizens “build on our work since 2018 to keep people safe and reduce the risk of ...

Facebook and Instagram have indefinitely banned the Myanmar military (or Tatmadaw) from the platforms. Military-controlled state and media entities are no longer welcome on the platform following ...

Myanmar ’s new government has ordered internet providers in the country to block Facebook and its other apps following the military coup that recently took place.

Myanmar’s army seized power on Feb. 1 as it claimed the country’s Nov. 8 election, which was swept by leader Aung San Suu Kyi’s National League for Democracy, was fraudulent.

Local telecom operators in Myanmar have started to temporarily block Facebook following an order from the country’s military government. Reddit reports spotted by TechCrunch say people can’t ...

Facebook banning Myanmar's military could set a precedent globally, where U.S. social media platforms are increasingly caught between authoritarian leaders and their commitments to freedom of ...

The military has used Facebook to boost its claim of voter fraud in the 2020 election. More than half of Myanmar's 54 million people use Facebook, which for many is synonymous with the internet.

The U.N. has put blame on Facebook for playing a role in spreading hate speech amid the mounting Rohingya crisis in Myanmar. Marzuki Darusman, who leads the U.N. Fact-Finding Mission on Myanmar ...

Now only 14% of Myanmar’s territory and 33% of its population, mostly in cities, are under stable junta control, according to the Special Advisory Council for Myanmar, a group of former UN experts.

With Free Basics, Facebook hoped to conquer much of the developing world. In Myanmar, the tactic worked. The platform now has 27m users in Myanmar, equivalent to half of the population.