USDP candidates and supporters spread conspiracy theories about the ruling party colluding with Muslims against Buddhism, which may have encouraged violence against NLD members.
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.
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.
A Frontier investigation has uncovered a network of accounts sharing disinformation targeting the NLD and the Rohingya ahead of Myanmar's election.
