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倘從昂山素姬的文人政府上台說起，緬甸早在2018年便有監察社交媒體防範外國勢力影響的全國監視行動。2019年底提出對電訊業「合法」截取通訊數據想法。去年，政府推動生物識別SIM卡登記制，到年底又催逼電訊商裝置監控技術。

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Det brutale militærstyre i Myanmar intensiverer overvågningen af protestbevægelsen, kan Danwatch og mediet Frontier Myanmar afsløre. Telenor tvinges til at udlevere brugerdata som adresser og opkaldshistorik til regimet men har modstået pres for at give myndighederne direkte adgang til at overvåge brugerne.

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အာဏာသိမ်းအကြမ်းဖက် စစ်ခေါင်းဆောင် မင်းအောင်လှိုင်ရဲ့ မွေးနေ့မှာ အမေရိကန်အစိုးရ ဟာ  မွေးနေ့လက်ဆောင်အဖြစ် မင်းအောင်လှိုင်ရဲ့ ဇနီး ကြူကြူလှ အပါအဝင် အပေါင်းအဖော် ၂၂ ဦးကို ပိတ်ဆို့အရေးယူလိုက်ကြောင်း မနေ့က ကြေညာခဲ့ပါတယ်။

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Alors que quatre marchands d'armes de cybersurveillance viennent d'être mis en examen pour « complicité de torture » en France, deux autres entreprises européennes sont accusées d'avoir fait commerce avec la Birmanie et la Colombie, peu regardantes en matière de droits humains. L'UE vient de son côté de renforcer ses contrôles à l'export.

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“They found that picture and took her away. She said they used a device to check her phone, so that even deleted pictures were recovered,” said a villager in Hmawbi Township, recounting the case of a pregnant woman who miscarried after soldiers beat her when they found photos of her at protest rallies. “They used the phone to hunt the protesters.”

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Since the Feb. 1 coup in Myanmar, what was one of Southeast Asia’s most vibrant economies has collapsed into a state of semi-paralysis amid a surge of urban attacks, conflict in ethnic areas and a growing number of “people’s defence forces” that are targeting facilities and officials of the self-proclaimed State Administration Council.

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Salvation Data, headed by an engineer with ties to China's People's Liberation Army, works with the military government in Myanmar.

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Israeli deep packet inspection manufacturer has commercial relationships with 14 ISPs who have implemented internet shutdowns in 21 countries. Internet shutdowns cause economic disruption, stifle citizens’ capacity to access vital information, and undermine freedom of expression.

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UBS et Credit Suisse ont investi 175 et 92 millions de dollars, respectivement, dans des sociétés entretenant des liens de longue date avec l’armee birmane.

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Since seizing power on 1 February, the illegal military junta’s destructive efforts to gain territorial and political control have dragged the economy, already impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic, into a crippling, downward spiral.

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