Myanmar's government forces an internet blackout on parts of the country “for the benefit of the people”, raising fears that atrocities will now go unreported
Hannah Beech / New York Times : Tweets: @nytimes , @kenroth , and @billfrelick Tweets: @nytimes : An internet blackout has all but severed parts of Myanmar from the outside world, in a dramatic display of how easily a government can silence a population in the digital age https://www.nytimes.com/... Kenneth Roth / @kenroth : How does the Myanmar army hide its atrocities against Rohingya Muslims and others in an era when the internet exposes everything? Cut the internet. https://www.nytimes.com/... https://twitter.com/... Bill Frelick / @billfrelick : An internet blackout has all but severed parts of Rakhine State from the outside world, dramatically showing how easily the Myanmar govt can silence local reporting of ethnic cleansing and other abuses in the digital age. https://www.nytimes.com/...