Washington/Hong Kong | Facebook banned accounts for the military of Myanmar and its related media entities on Wednesday night (Thursday AEDT), citing its “history of exceptionally severe human rights abuses” and potential to use social media to pursue new rounds of violence following a coup this month.
The move, which also affects Facebook subsidiary Instagram, extends a series of actions in recent years to sharply limit the ability of the nation’s military, called the Tatmadaw, to use the platforms in any way, including through paid advertising.
