The Verge

AUGUST 24, 2020

We work to protect and defend the rights of all internet users and are preparing to legally challenge this request. Requests like this are severe, contravene international human rights law, and have a chilling effect on people’s ability to express themselves,” a Facebook spokesperson said in a statement given to The Verge. “We

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NTEN

MARCH 18, 2010

This convergence is being driven by widespread penetration of mobile devices (up to 4 billion people now have access), advances in software innovation and powerful applications, and the maturation of the internet providing a gateway for "cloud" computing where data and applications sit and run over the web.

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NTEN

MARCH 18, 2010

This convergence is being driven by widespread penetration of mobile devices (up to 4 billion people now have access), advances in software innovation and powerful applications, and the maturation of the internet providing a gateway for "cloud" computing where data and applications sit and run over the web.

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Have Fun - Do Good

OCTOBER 20, 2007

On September 28th you could have uploaded a photo of yourself wearing a red shirt to Flickr to show your solidarity with the monks in Burma as part of Red Shirt Day for Burma/Birma/ Myanmar. If you don't know how to post a video on the Internet, Freevlog can show you how). Check out the photo "comments" on this Free Burma photo.

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The Verge

MARCH 5, 2021

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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The Verge

APRIL 1, 2021

Myanmar’s acting military leadership has shut down broadband internet service indefinitely in response to ongoing protests, according to a report from The Washington Post on Thursday. The shutdown applies to wireless broadband service, while a separate order banning mobile internet at night remains in effect, Reuters reports.

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The Verge

FEBRUARY 23, 2022

Advances in [machine translation] won’t just help those people who don’t speak one of the languages that dominates the internet today; they’ll also fundamentally change the way people in the world connect and share ideas.”. And similar cases involving questionable translations occupy Facebook’s Oversight Board to this day.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JANUARY 25, 2015

Today, as donors, activists, and volunteers worldwide have embraced the Internet for news and entertainment, so have they transitioned their giving and their trust to digital. Myanmar, also known as Burma, is the most charitable nation. A decade ago most individuals still consumed print news and donated by writing and mailing checks.

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Tech Soup

JANUARY 19, 2016

"The effective utilization of technology — from mobile phones to broadband Internet to sensors — will be a key determinant in how, when, and if the Sustainable Development Goals are achieved. What works in Mali may not work in Myanmar. What people can afford in Johannesburg may be too expensive for those in Jakarta.

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Fast Company Tech

FEBRUARY 28, 2025

Eighty-four Indonesians freed from scam centers in Myanmar were set to return home Friday as the repatriation of thousands of such workers after a crackdown strains regional resources. Thailand has cut off electricity, internet, and gas supplies to several areas in Myanmar hosting scam centers along the border.

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Engadget

MARCH 21, 2025

Like the fact Mark Zuckerberg, the billionaire world king of the internet, wanted the company to arrange for him to be mobbed when he landed in Asia. Kaplan is accused of blocking attempts to address the companys role in the Myanmar genocide.

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The Verge

JANUARY 25, 2021

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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The Verge

OCTOBER 25, 2021

But given Facebook’s key role in civic discourse — it effectively replaces the internet in some countries — the disparities are cause for concern. Among the disparities: Facebook lacked misinformation classifiers in Myanmar, Pakistan, and Ethiopia, countries designated at highest risk last year.

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The Verge

FEBRUARY 3, 2021

Facebook has designated Myanmar a “temporary high-risk location” after a coup earlier this week, saying it will remove “any calls to bring armaments” and protect posts criticizing the country’s military. While the military reportedly locked down overall internet access at the beginning of the coup, the disruption was apparently temporary.

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Mashable Tech

MARCH 8, 2025

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. percent download speed drop compared to my regular internet connection. No wonder so many Redditors are obsessed with it.

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Wired

MARCH 29, 2025

Plus: Alleged Snowflake hacker will be extradited to US, internet restrictions create an information vacuum in Myanmar, and London gets its first permanent face recognition cameras.

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The Verge

JULY 15, 2021

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.

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The Verge

AUGUST 20, 2020

Yesterday I included a link to a story in Time about a request from the Gambian government to help investigate the genocide in Myanmar , where the United Nations has said Facebook contributed to the incitement of violence. Corruption in plain sight. Aaron Tilley and Georgia Wells / The Wall Street Journal ). Tim Wu / The New York Times ).

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The Verge

JUNE 9, 2020

But as discussions about racism and injustice light up forums around the internet, it’s clear that the mechanisms companies have built to date are often failing to support that conversation. And maybe you can improve the latter by offering volunteers more training, more mental health resources, and actual money for their labor.

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The Verge

SEPTEMBER 22, 2020

Chinese state media has already suggested that the nationalist splintering of the internet represented by this move ought to serve as a new global model for regulation, and the country is working on a broader plan for retaliating against the United States, the Wall Street Journal reported. Stanford Internet Observatory).

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The Verge

MAY 29, 2020

Then, Trump quickly threatened Twitter with revenge by signing a scorched-earth executive order that would blow up the entire internet. Republicans who recently warned of a “government takeover of the internet” are now staging one in reverse — trying to turn the internet into the government. Executives reportedly ignored it.)

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The Verge

DECEMBER 14, 2021

All had easy access to the organizing power of the internet. On one hand, platforms have regularly been found to be complicit in spreading hate speech that leads to real-world violence, most famously in Myanmar and India. One-third of them owned guns, and 15 percent had served in the military.

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The Verge

AUGUST 19, 2020

The World Health Organization is developing methods to measure the harm of virus-related misinformation online, and over two weeks in July the group hosted an online conference with doctors, public health experts and internet researchers about how to address the problem. They know how to do the right thing, and they can.

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