Myanmar coup: Twitter, Instagram shut down as protests expand
6 Feb, 2021 06:47 AM
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Supporters show a three-finger salute of protest in Myanmar on Friday. Photo / AP
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The military authorities in charge of Myanmar broadened a ban on social media following this week s coup, shutting access to Twitter and Instagram, while street protests continued to expand Saturday as people gathered again to show their opposition to the army takeover.
About 1000 protesters factory workers and students prominent among them marched Saturday morning through the streets of Yangon, the country s biggest city. By noon, more than 100 police in riot gear had been deployed to block them from moving ahead. Members of the crowd shouted Military dictatorship should fall and Down with dictatorship .