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Myanmar orders internet providers to block Twitter and Instagram in the country

The Verge

A protester makes three-finger salute as another holds up a poster of de-facto leader Aung San Suu Kyi during an anti-coup march February 6th in Yangon, Myanmar | Photo by Getty Images/Getty Images. The company provides mobile services in Myanmar.

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Facebook blocks access to group criticizing Thailand king after government threat

The Verge

According to a report from The Guardian , the company has removed a Facebook group with more than 1 million members after it was threatened by the Thai government for violating local laws around defaming the ruling monarch. Thailand has laws against criticizing its monarch punishable with up to 15 years in prison, The Guardian reports.

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Equity Monday: Rich tech folks chat rich tech things on rich tech app funded by rich tech investors

TechCrunch

In India, news is out that a new law could ban Bitcoin (whatever that means), and this morning India forced Twitter to take down some accounts that had been critical of government policy. Here’s what we talked about: American stocks are set to rise, bitcoin is flat and meme-stocks are mixed. That’s a pretty bad look.

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YouTube has terminated five Myanmar military-run channels as political unrest continues

The Verge

YouTube terminated five Myanmar military channels from its platform on Friday, Reuters reports. The removals include YouTube channels for the government-run Myanma Radio and Television (MRTV) network and the military-owned Myawaddy Media used to spread military propaganda in Myanmar.

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Warning Signal: the messaging app’s new features are causing internal turmoil

The Verge

Adding millions of users has served as a vindication for a company that has sought to build a healthier internet by adopting different incentives than most Silicon Valley companies. We’re organized as a nonprofit because we feel like the way the internet currently works is insane,” CEO Moxie Marlinspike told me.

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Proton VPN review: Premium, proven privacy and a free tier with no data limits

Mashable Tech

The eight-year-old Swiss provider maintains open-source apps, abides by strong privacy practices that have held up in court, provides censorship bypassing tools, and supports internet freedom causes. Under Swiss law, such requests can't proceed without a court order.). No wonder so many Redditors are obsessed with it.

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What a new book reveals about Facebook and Russian interference

The Verge

The Internet Research Agency, a “troll farm” that the New York Times had first profiled in 2015 , was running its own attack. Stamos left Facebook in the summer of 2018 to create the Stanford Internet Observatory, where he built a team that analyzes influence operations on social platforms around the world.