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Reuters reveals inside the fight for Myanmar’s soul

Reuters exclusively revealed how Myanmar’s junta is using fake social media accounts to denounce opponents and press its message that it seized power to save the nation from election fraud. The army, which was banned by the country’s dominant online platform Facebook after the Feb. 1 coup, has tasked thousands of soldiers with conducting what is widely referred to in the military as “information combat”, according to eight people with knowledge of the tactic, including four military sources.

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Topics of Interest: Business & FinanceHuman InterestPolitics
Type: Reuters Best
Sectors: Equities
Regions: Asia
Countries: Myanmar
Win Types: Exclusivity
Story Types: Special Report / Insight
Media Types: Text
Customer Impact: Important Regional Story
FILE PHOTO: A slogan is written on a street as a protest after the coup in Yangon, Myanmar February 21, 2021. Picture taken with iPhone panoramic mode. REUTERS/Stringer/File Photo
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