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Myanmar’s military rulers enact cybersecurity law with wide-ranging censorship provisions (apnews.com)
submitted 8 months ago by RandAlThor@lemmy.ca to c/technology@lemmy.world
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cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ca/post/36386810

Those who establish a VPN or provide VPN services without obtaining the permission of the ministry shall be imprisoned for one month to six months. The law also requires digital platform service providers to keep the names and other personal data and records of their users for up to three years, and to disclose them to the authorities if asked.

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[–] intensely_human@lemm.ee 3 points 8 months ago (1 children)

These are the same military rulers that oversaw the repeated massacring of unarmed civilians in the streets, if I’m not mistaken.

[–] rottingleaf@lemmy.world 3 points 8 months ago

Correct. Which is why it's weird to see news about censorship there as something new.