As Facebook cracks down on disinformation in Myanmar, observers warn that some bad actors are moving to YouTube, where lax enforcement is allowing fake news and content theft to proliferate.
As Facebook cracks down on disinformation in Myanmar, observers warn that some bad actors are moving to YouTube, where lax enforcement is allowing fake news and content theft to proliferate.
As a new parliament convenes, the mood among MPs is far removed from the euphoria of five years ago, but the ruling party says it’s untroubled by electoral fraud allegations from the pro-military opposition.
A matrix of social issues is swelling the ranks of Myanmar’s abandoned children.
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I, Elephant Pants, am comfortable and pretty and there’s a reason backpackers love me. Stop the hate.
For the seventh instalment in our travel series about wild swimming spots, we visit the shimmering waterfalls, tranquil lakes and monsoon floodplains that surround the former royal capital.
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Eight people accused of helping fund the Arakan Army, including several deported from Singapore, have been formally charged under counter-terrorism laws.
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