Category: News သတင်း
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3rd Digital Rights Forum calls for better regulated, freer, safer online space — ဥပဒေရေးဆွဲရာတွင် အများပြည်သူ သဘောထားများကို အလေးထားရယူ၍ ပိုမိုကောင်းမွန်သော ဥပဒေများနှင့် နည်းပညာပတ်ဝန်းကျင်ကို အမှန်တကယ်လွတ်လပ်၍ လုံခြုံသော နေရာတစ်ခုအဖြစ် တည်ဆောက်ရမည်ဟူသော တောင်းဆိုချက်များဖြင့် တတိယအကြိမ်မြောက် မြန်မာ့ဒီဂျစ်တယ် အခွင့်အရေးဖိုရမ်အား အဆုံးသတ်
The third Myanmar Digital Rights Forum concluded on 19 January in Yangon with a call for new policy and regulation that would safeguard digital rights in Myanmar, and a fully…
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MDRF invitation: Is Facebook’s content moderation working?
Nine months after Myanmar CSOs wrote to Mark Zuckerberg raising concerns about content moderation, what has changed? What positive steps have been taken and what negative ones? What should happen…
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MDRF invitation: “Shut up girl, it’s too sensitive!”
What happens to those who speak out about “sensitive” issues online? What backlash do they face? And from whom? What risks do women face if they talk about sexual and…
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Myanmar internet freedom declines for 2nd year running
Myanmar’s nascent internet freedom has declined in 2018 for the second year in a row under the NLD according to US-based Freedom House’s annual report launched today and researched by…
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Myanmar Digital Rights Forum 2019: What do you want to discuss?
The Myanmar Digital Rights Forum 2019 will be held on 18-19 January 2019. We want to design the MDRF based on what you want and in the format that you…
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New bylaws are opportunity to fix Broadcasting Law flaws
Myanmar’s problematic Broadcasting Law which currently gives the government full control over television and radio should be improved by the Bylaws currently under development to ensure viable channels that are…
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Superficial amendment leaves Broadcasting Law undemocratic — အပေါ်ယံပြင်ဆင်ချက်က ရုပ်သံလွှင့်ဥပဒေအား ဒီမိုကရေစီနည်းမကျဖြစ်စေ သည်
The newly adopted Broadcasting Law Amendment (2018) contains only superficial change, fails to protect freedom of expression, and reflects the government’s lack of open consultation. Download as PDF >> The…
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Let’s talk about “hate speech” — အမုန်းစကားအကြောင်း ပြောရအောင်
This is an article published by Irrawaddy. It explains about the concept of “hate speech” and how Myanmar’s government should deal with it, ensuring maximum protection for the right to…
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Show-trial convicts Reuters journalists to 7 years imprisonment — ရုပ်ပြသက်သက်ဖြစ်သော တရားခွင်မှ Reuters ဂျာနယ်လစ်နှစ်ဦးကို ထောင်ဒဏ်ပြစ်မှုချမှတ် စီရင်လိုက်သည်
“Today’s decision to convict the Reuters journalists despite overwhelming evidence of their innocence is a travesty,” said Yin Yadanar Thein, Manager of Free Expression Myanmar. “The conviction shows the lengths…
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Reuters case encourages mass self-censorship about Rakhine conflict — Reuters အမှုသည် ရခိုင်ပဋိပက္ခနှင့် ပတ်သတ်ပြီး အလွန်ကြီးမားသည့် မိမိဘာသာဆင်ဆာထိန်းချုပ်ခြင်းကို အားပေး လျက်ရှိနေ
Today’s decision by a Yangon court to charge two journalists, Ko Wa Lone and Ko Kyaw Soe Oo, deeply undermines the right to freedom of expression in Myanmar. “Almost every…