Operators split as Telenor rejects govt order to block ‘fake news’ sites

Digital rights groups and journalists have criticised a recent government order to block more than 50 sites accused of spreading fake news, including prominent Rakhine-based media organisations ­– an instruction that mobile operator Telenor has defied, saying it has “no legal basis”.

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