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    Flock of followers descends on SE Asia’s Twitter users, but are they real?
    April 24, 2018in Lead Story, Media, News, Politics1645by KIMBERLEY PHILLIPS / DVB
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    Flock of followers descends on SE Asia’s Twitter users, but are they real?

    A surge of suspicious Twitter accounts has descended on users in Southeast Asia, leaving many to wonder what the platform is doing to ensure their privacy.

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    Burmese president approves changes to Telecommunications Act
    August 31, 2017in Law, Lead Story, Media, News576by PAING SOE / DVB
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    Burmese president approves changes to Telecommunications Act

    But for many civil rights activists who had called for parliament to repeal the Telecommunications Act, lawmakers have failed to tackle the issue.

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    Myeik MP apologises for slapping his constituent
    April 25, 2017in Lead Story, News, Politics, Tenasserim182by MYAT HTUT
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    Myeik MP apologises for slapping his constituent

    After Tun Hla kept yelling, MP Ye Myint Swe walked up to him and slapped him across the face.

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    Proposal submitted to amend Article 66(d), says Shwe Mann
    December 29, 2016in Law, Lead Story, Media, News556by AUNG KO LATT / DVB
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    Proposal submitted to amend Article 66(d), says Shwe Mann

    The controversial law, which covers “online defamation”, has been used to silence government critics and the media.

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    Online abuse taking a toll on women in Burma
    October 20, 2016in Lead Story, News, Technology & Science, Women's Issues84by EI CHERRY AUNG / MYANMAR NOW
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    Online abuse taking a toll on women in Burma

    As Internet and mobile phone use surge, more women are experiencing abusive online posting of intimate private photos without their consent.

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    Two men charged for obscene rant against Suu Kyi
    October 7, 2016in Lead Story, News, Suu Kyi312by AUNG KO KO LATT / DVB
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    Two men charged for obscene rant against Suu Kyi

    The NLD is pressing charges against two men accused of insulting the party’s chairperson Aung San Suu Kyi in a drunken, obscenity-laced rant.

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