How protesters in Myanmar get around social media and Internet blackouts
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How protesters in Myanmar get around social media and Internet blackouts
Protesters run after police fire warning-shots and use water cannons to disperse them during a protest in Mandalay, Myanmar on Feb 9, 2021. (Photo: AP)
10 Feb 2021 05:22PM)
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SINGAPORE: Images and videos of protests across Myanmar have been broadcast and shared online in the past week almost immediately as events unfolded in the country, a far cry from how it was in the past.
With smartphones in the hands of more than 20 million people in the country, it has been impossible to stem the flow of information to and from the outside world.