MYANMAR NEWS: 4th October (eng+ita)
Facebook is down since 10.10 pm (Myanmar Time), together with WhatsApp, Instagram and Messenger.
The worldwide outage comes just hours after “60 minutes” aired an episode featuring former Facebook Product Manager Frances Haugen, who said: “Facebook, over and over again, has shown it chooses profit over safety” and “I don’t trust that they’re willing to actually invest what needs to be invested to keep Facebook from being dangerous.”. According to F. Haugen, Facebook is not willing to keep its platform safe, for fear of losing its audience and revenue.
Facebook played a huge role in Myanmar in 2017, by failing to remove thousands of anti-Rohingya posts that featured fake news, propaganda and hate speech. Despite the tech giant’s resistance, an American judge recently ordered the popular social media platform to let the Gambia government access those posts. Gambia is looking to use them in a genocide case against the Tatmadaw at the International Court of Justice (ICJ). In 2017 thousands of Rohingya were killed in few months, and over 700,000 were forced to flee to Bangladesh, where they currently live as refugees.
Despite Facebook’s reassurance that it is trying to keep its platform as safe as possible, still today there are thousands of Burmese pro-military Facebook accounts that share fake news and hate speech, without any consequence.
POLITICS, ECONOMY AND OTHER NEWS
ASEAN Foreign Ministers’ Meeting: Foreign Ministers urged the Myanmar military authorities to cooperate with the Special Envoy. Malaysia’s foreign minister warned that Myanmar could be excluded from the next meetings the generals refuse to cooperate.
The USD is now exchanged at 2,300 Myanmar Kyats (2,700 one week ago). The Central Bank announced that all exporters musts resell their dollars to banks within 30 days of receiving payments.
According to Save the Children, there are 76,000 displace children in the country. At least 80 minors have been killed by the military regime since the coup
Daw Aung San Suu Kyi requests to the judge, to reduce the frequency of court hearings, due to health problems.
YANGON
Thaketa: explosion at the Myin Taw Thar gate
MANDALAY
Madara: an alleged military informant shot dead by Resistance fighters
Sin Phyu Kone village, Ngazun: a non CDM teacher shot dead and his wife injured. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
SAGAING
Pale: Resistance fighters attacked a military convoy of 80 vehicles with landmines, killing an unspecified number of regime soldiers.
Kalemyo-Tamu: 8 soldiers killed in a landmine explosion while travelling in a luxury car (Oct 1st)
Shwe Ku Ta Su, Khin-U: 3 civilians, Ko Ag Phyo (39), Ko Ag Myint Soe (39), and U Sein Po (50), executed by regime soldiers.
Nga Dwin Gyi, Khin-U: alleged military informant, stabbed and killed by Resistance fighters
Htee Chaing: an empty police station was set on fire by Resistance fighters
Htee Chaing: many local administrators resigned and 20 regime soldiers joined the Resistance.
KAREN (KAYIN) STATE
Mibone Village, Kamamaung: KNLA attacked a military convoy
The Chairman of the KNU’s Dooplaya District chairman, Pado Saw Shwe Maung, today sent a letter to leaders of the NUG and PDF demanding PDFs not to operate within the Dooplaya region, arguing that the groups are acting contrary to KNU policy in the area. In addition, Pado Saw Shwe Maung delivered a letter to his KNU colleagues requesting the group marks the 6th anniversary of the Nation-Wide Ceasefire Agreement, which falls on October 15, whilst urging them to adhere to the ceasefire’s terms. (Source: DVB)
CHIN STATE
Hakha: 5 regime soldiers defected with weapons. Local Resistance fighters offered them a financial reward and protection.
SHAN STATE
Muse: policeman killed during clashes with Resistance fighters
MAGWAY
Yezakyo, Pakkoku: 21-year-old Maung Thuta Aung died after being shot in the head during a military raid on a tea shop in Yezakyo this morning. Five others, detained in the raid, were forced to admit that the man was killed whilst bombing a military truck at a checkpoint on Sunday evening. (Source: DVB)
NAYPYITAW
Local Resistence fighters groups announce they will intensify their activities
MON STATE
Ye: regime soldiers arrested the mother and daughter of U Myo Win, Pyithu Hluttaw parliament member, who is currently hiding. The mother is 90 years old
COVID DAILY (real numbers are believed to be much higher than officially reported)
1,194 new cases and 48 new deaths
AAPP Burma update
1158 (+4) civilians killed since February 1st
7079 (+34) still under detention
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