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Myanmar military coup: Opposition grows as junta blocks social media

FRANCE24, 04 Feb 2021

#Myanmar’s new #military government blocked access to #Facebook as resistance to Monday's #coup surged amid calls for civil disobedience to #protest the ousting of the elected government and its leader, Aung San Suu Kyi. Facebook is especially popular in Myanmar and is how most people access the internet. FRANCE 24's International Affairs editor Douglas Herbert tells us more.

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