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A few weeks after a military coup in Myanmar, Facebook has announced a ban on its

platforms and accounts run by members of the military. Facebook tends to lean toward the

side of free speech, sometimes even in the cases of harassment or a biased or misleading news,

and it tries to stay politically neutral. But with this move, Facebook is clearly taking a side.

Joining us to discuss is Alex Ward, a White House reporter for Vox, and a co-host of the

Worldly podcast, Hey Alex. Hey, so Facebook announces this ban on accounts on Facebook and on

Instagram that are run by the Myanmar military, and I guess any related entities of them. Tell me

why Facebook made this decision. Well, we should take a quick step back here and remember that

the internet is really new in Myanmar, and as it grew and it's, you know, people started to use it

more. They turned to Facebook and it became effectively the de facto internet of Myanmar. If you're

against the government, if you're in the government, you're using it to promote your views,

and of course the military for years, and I should say the military has been effectively in charge

of the country for decades. They use Facebook to get the disinformation propaganda out.

It was also a prominent tool used by them to eradicate the Rohingya Muslims from the country in 2017,

which has led to about 700,000 to be displaced and others killed. So Facebook is kind of the

lifeblood in a way of both the democratic process in Myanmar and also the autocratic process in Myanmar.

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