Jakarta, Indonesia — Years after coming under scrutiny for contributing to ethnic and religious violence in Myanmar, Facebook still has problems detecting and moderating hate speech and misinformation ...

Facebook is trying to limit the spread of “misinformation” by Myanmar’s military after it took power in a coup last week. The social media company said Thursday that it was “treating the situation in ...

Local telecom operators in Myanmar have started to temporarily block Facebook following an order from the country’s military government. Reddit reports spotted by TechCrunch say people can’t access ...

London — Rohingya refugees launched coordinated legal action against Facebook in the U.S. and U.K. on Monday, alleging the tech giant contributed to ethnic cleansing in Myanmar by knowingly allowing ...

(Reuters) - The Myanmar military's shutdown of Facebook access following the ouster of the democratically elected Aung San Suu Kyi caps years of tension between the social media company and the most ...

Social media platform Facebook was blocked in the southeastern Asian country of Myanmar on Wednesday following a military coup that took place on Monday. Military leaders took control of the country ...

YANGON, Myanmar — Myanmar’s new military government blocked access to Facebook as resistance to Monday’s coup surged amid calls for civil disobedience to protest the ousting of the elected government ...

A file photo of young demonstrators participating in an anti-coup mask strike in Yangon, Myanmar, on April 4, 2021. Credit: AP Photo/ File Years after coming under scrutiny for contributing to ethnic ...

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Days after a coup and the detention of Aung San Suu Kyi and other elected leaders, the military in Myanmar is moving to strangle free speech by blocking access to Facebook, Twitter, Instagram and ...

Facebook on Thursday said it had banned the Myanmar military from using its platforms with immediate effect, as weeks of mass demonstrations continue in the Southeast Asian country after the military ...