Myanmar Junta Leads Global Regimes in Digital Repression

Myanmar has emerged as the global leader in internet shutdowns with 85 deliberate disruptions in 2024, according to a new report.

Myanmar ranks ahead of India’s 84 shutdowns and Pakistan’s 21 in the report by New York-based monitoring and digital advocacy group Access Now and the #KeepItOn coalition, a campaign launched in 2016 to combat internet shutdowns.