A man uses Internet on a mobile phone in Yangon on June 7, 2018. (AFP)

Fact or fiction? Inside the regime’s ‘fact-checking’ team

The Myanmar junta’s “anti-disinformation team” claims to just counter fake news, but operates in cooperation with the military and police to crack down on dissidents and expose resistance groups.

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