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Al Jazeera
Al Jazeera
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Al Jazeera Staff

Myanmar women target of online abuse by pro-military social media

A female police officer who fled Myanmar after the military coup in 2021 checks a mobile phone at an undisclosed location in India on the border with Myanmar [File: Anupam Nath/AP]

Women who have expressed views on social media opposing military rule in Myanmar are being subjected to abuse, including calls for their arrest and threats of violence, rape and death by pro-military online users, a study has found.

Myanmar Witness, an organisation that led the study, said social media platforms such as Telegram and Facebook were not doing enough to tackle online abuse or were not responding quickly enough to requests to remove abusive users and content.

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