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Banyar Kyaw

Banyar Kyaw
Banyar Kyaw reports for Frontier on online disinformation. He was previously an investigative feature writer for Mawkun Magazine for three years.
Union Solidarity and Development Party supporters campaign in Yangon's Dawbon Township on November 5. (Hkun Lat | Frontier)
News Feed, 2020 Election, News

Online campaign of hate lurked behind campaign trail brawls

USDP candidates and supporters spread conspiracy theories about the ruling party colluding with Muslims against Buddhism, which may have encouraged violence against NLD members.
BY Andrew Nachemson, Banyar Kyaw, Phone Htet Naung & Alex Beatson

 

The Myanmar Hard Talk Facebook page, which was taken offline at some point Friday, trafficked in conspiracy theories often targeting the National League for Democracy and Islamic militants.
News Feed, 2020 Election, Breaking News, News

Hard talk or hate speech? Outlet spreads disinformation and bigotry under guise of political commentary

The Myanmar Hard Talk Facebook page took advantage of the grey area between outright disinformation and legitimate political commentary to spread a nationalist, pro-military agenda.
BY Andrew Nachemson, Phone Htet Naung & Banyar Kyaw

 

The Burmese Daily Online Facebook page appears to use clickbait to drive readers to third-party sites to generate ad revenue. (Frontier)
News

Money machine: Facebook, Frontier reveal spam networks chasing ad dollars

Separate investigations have identified networks of social media pages that are driving users to third-party websites to generate ad revenue, in what Facebook has described.
BY Andrew Nachemson & Banyar Kyaw

 

The WordPress page for Radio Free Myanmar, which mimics the name and logo of US-based media outlet Radio Free Asia. (Frontier)
2020 Election, News

Radio Free Myanmar: Disinformation network spreads false news and hate speech

A Frontier investigation has uncovered a network of accounts sharing disinformation targeting the NLD and the Rohingya ahead of Myanmar's election.
BY Andrew Nachemson, Banyar Kyaw & Phone Htet Naung

 

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