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Youths browse Facebook at a Yangon cybercafe on December 18, 2018. (AFP)

Junta steps up phone, internet surveillance – with help from MPT and Mytel

A police cybersecurity team is working with state- and military-owned mobile operators to monitor phone users in real time, and to identify and track regime opponents online.

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Surveillance state: Myanmar’s digital war

A brutal digital crackdown is underway in Myanmar, with the junta tracking SIMs, scanning faces, banning VPNs and turning technology into a weapon of total control – yet resistance persists in the shadows.
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