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SpaceX Cuts Starlink Service To Over 2,500 Devices At Myanmar Scam Centres
SpaceX has cut service to more than 2,500 Starlink internet devices at Myanmar scam centres, a company executive said on October 22, after AFP revealed that their use had exploded in the illicit industry.
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Exclusive: India Gets Taste Of Satellite-Based Internet During Myanmar Quake Ops
India tried its first real-time use of satellite-based Internet during New Delhi's Operation Brahma - providing aid to the quake-hit residents of Myanmar.
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Facebook Must Pay Compensation to Rohingyas Over Online Hate Speech Campaign, Amnesty International Says
Facebook must pay compensation to Rohinygas over hate speech that exacerbated violence against the community when they were forced from their homes in Myanmar in 2017, Amnesty International said in a report on Wednesday. The NGO said that Facebook, wasn't merely a passive site with insufficient content moderation, and that its algorithms “proacti...
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Facebook, Instagram Parent Meta Releases First Human Rights Report for 2020, 2021
Facebook-owner Meta released its first annual human rights report on Thursday, following years of accusations that it turned a blind eye to online abuses that fueled real-world violence in places like India and Myanmar. The report covers due diligence performed in 2020 and 2021.
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Facebook Fails to Detect Hate Against Rohingya Muslims
A new report has found that Facebook failed to detect blatant hate speech and calls to violence against Myanmar’s Rohingya Muslim minority years after such behaviour was found to have played a determining role in the genocide against them.
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World's Worst Internet Clampdown Cost This Country $3 Billion In 2021
Internet outages by Myanmar's military junta to curb nationwide protests over a coup in 2021 cost the country $2.8 billion, the biggest losses in the world, according to a study.
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Facebook Whistleblower Frances Haugen Will Urge US Senate to Regulate Company
Former Facebook employee and whistleblower Frances Haugen will urge the US Congress to regulate the social media giant, which she plans to liken to tobacco companies that for decades denied that smoking damaged health, according to a prepared testimony.
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Myanmar's Military Launches Air Strikes Amid Clashes, Internet Cut In Many Areas
Myanmar's military launched air strikes at the weekend after clashes with fighters opposed to the junta in the Sagaing region, according to media and a militia member, as phone lines and the internet were also severed in some districts.
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Myanmar Junta Blames Internet Blackouts On Anti-Coup Fighters
Myanmar's junta has denied suspending the internet in conflict-wracked regions, blaming a recent spate of data blackouts on anti-coup protesters who had destroyed military-owned communications towers.
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Facebook Ordered by US Court to Release Records of Anti-Rohingya Content for Genocide Case
Facebook has been ordered by a US federal judge to release records of accounts connected to anti-Rohingya violence in Myanmar that the social media giant had shut down, rejecting its argument about protecting privacy as "rich with irony."
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SpaceX Cuts Starlink Service To Over 2,500 Devices At Myanmar Scam Centres
SpaceX has cut service to more than 2,500 Starlink internet devices at Myanmar scam centres, a company executive said on October 22, after AFP revealed that their use had exploded in the illicit industry.
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Exclusive: India Gets Taste Of Satellite-Based Internet During Myanmar Quake Ops
India tried its first real-time use of satellite-based Internet during New Delhi's Operation Brahma - providing aid to the quake-hit residents of Myanmar.
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Facebook Must Pay Compensation to Rohingyas Over Online Hate Speech Campaign, Amnesty International Says
Facebook must pay compensation to Rohinygas over hate speech that exacerbated violence against the community when they were forced from their homes in Myanmar in 2017, Amnesty International said in a report on Wednesday. The NGO said that Facebook, wasn't merely a passive site with insufficient content moderation, and that its algorithms “proacti...
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Facebook, Instagram Parent Meta Releases First Human Rights Report for 2020, 2021
Facebook-owner Meta released its first annual human rights report on Thursday, following years of accusations that it turned a blind eye to online abuses that fueled real-world violence in places like India and Myanmar. The report covers due diligence performed in 2020 and 2021.
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Facebook Fails to Detect Hate Against Rohingya Muslims
A new report has found that Facebook failed to detect blatant hate speech and calls to violence against Myanmar’s Rohingya Muslim minority years after such behaviour was found to have played a determining role in the genocide against them.
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World's Worst Internet Clampdown Cost This Country $3 Billion In 2021
Internet outages by Myanmar's military junta to curb nationwide protests over a coup in 2021 cost the country $2.8 billion, the biggest losses in the world, according to a study.
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Facebook Whistleblower Frances Haugen Will Urge US Senate to Regulate Company
Former Facebook employee and whistleblower Frances Haugen will urge the US Congress to regulate the social media giant, which she plans to liken to tobacco companies that for decades denied that smoking damaged health, according to a prepared testimony.
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Myanmar's Military Launches Air Strikes Amid Clashes, Internet Cut In Many Areas
Myanmar's military launched air strikes at the weekend after clashes with fighters opposed to the junta in the Sagaing region, according to media and a militia member, as phone lines and the internet were also severed in some districts.
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Myanmar Junta Blames Internet Blackouts On Anti-Coup Fighters
Myanmar's junta has denied suspending the internet in conflict-wracked regions, blaming a recent spate of data blackouts on anti-coup protesters who had destroyed military-owned communications towers.
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Facebook Ordered by US Court to Release Records of Anti-Rohingya Content for Genocide Case
Facebook has been ordered by a US federal judge to release records of accounts connected to anti-Rohingya violence in Myanmar that the social media giant had shut down, rejecting its argument about protecting privacy as "rich with irony."
