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How Myanmar’s Junta Uses Telecom Companies to Target Journalists

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WASHINGTON — Since the 2021 coup, Myanmar’s military has consolidated control over the country’s mobile service providers, putting activists, opposition members, and journalists at greater risk of surveillance, according to experts.

With the country’s four mobile service providers now either directly or indirectly linked to Myanmar’s military, sensitive user data is more easily accessible and could be used to persecute opposition voices, experts say.

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