Internet clampdown cost Myanmar $2.8bn in 2021

Extensive shutdown by Southeast Asian nation’s junta and similar suspensions by Nigeria and India resulted in a total loss of to $5.5bn, with Twitter, Facebook and WhatsApp most likely to be blocked, research group says

09 January 2022 - 00:00

By Archana Chaudhary

Internet outages by Myanmar’s military junta to curb nationwide protests in response to a coup in 2021 cost the country $2.8 billion, the biggest losses in the world, according to a study.

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