Business – Free Expression Myanmar

Facebook’s plan threatens to censor media and encourage disinformation ဖေ့စ်ဘွတ်ခ်လူမှုကွန်ယက်၏ အစီအစဥ်သည် သတင်းမီဒီယာများကို ဆင် ဆာဖြတ်တောက်ရန် ခြိမ်းခြောက်လျက်ရှိပြီး သတင်းတုများ ပြန့်ပွားခြင်း ကို တွန်းအားပေးလျက်ရှိ

45 media and media rights organisations urge Facebook not to implement its planned News Feed modification in Myanmar as it threatens to reduce people’s access to reliable news and lead to the spread of disinformation. In early 2021, Facebook began modifying its algorithms in specific

New legal advice and support for people prosecuted for their free expression လွတ်လပ်စွာ ထုတ်ဖော်ပြောဆိုခြင်းအား ကျင့်သုံးသည့်အတွက် တရားစွဲဆိုခံထားရ သူများအား ဥပဒေရေးရာ အကြံပေးခြင်း နှင့် ပံ့ပိုးမှု

Free Expression Myanmar (FEM) is launching a legal support hotline for those being prosecuted for exercising their right to freedom of expression. This includes anyone prosecuted or facing a risk of prosecution, and will cover anybody including journalists, protesters, activists, human rights defenders, CSO workers,

Ooredoo sale risk to digital rights in Myanmar အော်ရီဒူး(မြန်မာ)အား ရောင်းထုတ်မည့် အစီအစဥ်သည် မြန်မာနိုင်ငံတွင်း ဒစ်ဂျစ်တယ်အခွင့်အရေးများအား ထိခိုက်နိုင်ချေရှိ

FEM urges Ooredoo to conduct heightened due diligence before deciding whether to sell or who to sell to, ensuring the greatest protection for the digital rights of employees and customers. Ooredoo, the last foreign mobile telecoms operator remaining in Myanmar, has reportedly told the regulator

US should use sanctions to stop Telenor sale after genocide recognition

US recognition of genocide escalates the importance of stopping Telenor’s sale of surveillance technology to a suspected military front company that could use it to enable more atrocity crimes. If Telenor and Norway fail to fulfil their obligations, the US should use sanctions to stop

UN review of internet shutdowns including Myanmar

FEM has submitted a report to the United Nations Office for the High Commissioner for Human Rights documenting how the Myanmar government and military have arbitrarily shutdown and slowed down access to the internet over the past three years. The report covers Myanmar’s regulatory framework,

Telenor sale potentially illegal under Norwegian law

Newly disclosed information means Telenor’s sale of its Myanmar operations may be illegal under the Norwegian Sanctions Act and European Council Regulation No. 401/2013, and the current sale should be canceled or paused to conduct human rights due diligence. FEM has questioned the legality of

Experts tell Telenor to stop the sale

A group of 45 organisations expert in responsible telecoms operations worldwide has written to the Chair of the Board of Telenor Group, Gunn Wærsted, urging her to stop their rash sale to the controversial company M1 Group. The group has also written to Norwegian Prime

Stop the sale of surveillance tech

We the undersigned civil society organizations and independent experts are alarmed at the media revelations that NSO Group’s spyware has been used to facilitate human rights violations around the world on a massive scale. These revelations are a result of the Pegasus Project and are

Free expression is good for business — လွတ်လပ်သောထုတ်ဖော်ပြောဆိုခြင်းက စီးပွားရေးလုပ်ငန်းများအတွက် ကောင်းမွန်သည်။

Freedom of expression creates an economic and policy environment of openness, transparency, government accountability, and responsible legal processes that are vital for doing good business. Without free expression including media freedom, monopolies emerge, employees’ rights are abused, and corruption and malpractice become common. In this