YANGON: One of two Muslims allowed to run for the ruling party in Buddhist-majority Myanmar’s general election on Sunday (Nov 8), Sithu Maung, worries fake news on Facebook could damage his chances. Within a torrent of racist abuse and misinformation posted about him ahead of the polls are false claims he plans to close Buddhist […]
Facebook accuses telecoms groups of disinformation tactics
February 18, 2020 by
Facebook has alleged that one of south-east Asia’s biggest telecoms providers used tactics typical of Russian trolls to discredit rivals, in one of the first takedowns of so-called commercial disinformation from its platform. The world’s largest social media platform said on Wednesday that it had banned a network of two dozen fake pages and accounts […]
Myanmar: How tech is transforming a frontier market
July 5, 2019 by
Just six years ago, in 2013, a mobile user in Myanmar had to pay USD 250 for a SIM card—this in a country where the average annual income was less than USD 200. For most people in Myanmar, the internet was a luxury for a select few; at least, that was the case until February […]
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