YANGON, KOMPAS.com – The Myanmar military on Saturday (6/2/2021) cut off the network internet compatriots, as thousands took to the streets of Yangon to fight the coup and demand the release of Aung San Suu Kyi.
Military coup hit Myanmar since Monday (1/2/2021). The masses opposed the forced use of power and many criticized the armed forces.
“Military dictators fail, fail. Democracy wins, wins,” they shouted as some carried banners reading “Fight against military dictatorship”.
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Passers-by were offered food and drink, according to journalists’ monitoring Reuters at location.
Many of the counter-coup masses wore red shirts, the color of Suu Kyi’s National League for Democracy (NLD) party, which won a landslide victory in the November 8 2020 election.
However, as the protests escalated after activists issued solicits on social media, the country’s internet died.
Internet observer NetBlocks reports that the internet outage has occurred on a national scale.
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On Twitter they explained, connectivity fell to 54 percent from the usual level. Some say, cellular data and Wi-Fi are also off.
Myanmar’s military has so far not commented. Previously they had blocked Facebook, followed by Twitter and Instagram today.
Norwegian mobile service provider Telenor has received orders from Myanmar authorities to block access to Twitter and Instagram until further notice.
As a result, many Burmese use VPNs, but the flow of information and access to news remains very limited.
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” Internet already dead but we will not stop speaking, “wrote a Twitter account named Maw Htun Aung.
“Let’s fight peacefully for democracy and freedom. Let’s fight until the last minute for our future,” he continued in a tweet that was quoted as saying Reuters.
Myanmar civil society organizations have also appealed to internet and mobile network providers to refuse military orders.
“By obeying their orders, your company is basically legitimizing military authority, despite the international condemnation of them,” said one of the organizations in a statement.
Telenor said that before turning off the internet they were legally obliged to follow orders to block some social media.
However, they also realized that the order was against international human rights law.
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