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WASHINGTON — Facebook Inc said Tuesday it has data sharing partnerships with at least four Chinese companies including Huawei, the world’s third largest smartphone maker, which has come under scrutiny from US intelligence agencies on security concern... [1]

RANGOON — The immense popularity of Facebook in Burma has turned the social networking site into the default medium for most Burmese internet users, and with its growing popularity has also come an increased use of Facebook for social activism and ch... [2]

The already growing mistrust between the civilian administration and the powerful military leadership has been suddenly aggravated by social media giant Facebook’s decision to ban Myanmar’s top generals. [3]

RANGOON — Ye Htut, Burma’s deputy minister for information and the presidential spokesman, has posted an apology note on Facebook after a storm of criticism followed his wife’s posting of a Photoshopped image of Aung San Suu Kyi in Islamic garb this ... [4]

Facebook parent company Meta has closed nine groups on the social network after reporters from Mongabay and Bellingcat found evidence of illegal wildlife trade being conducted openly on the platform in Indonesia. [5]

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[1] MM www.irrawaddy.com · 2018-06-06 · 100% match

Facebook Confirms Data Sharing with Chinese Companies

WASHINGTON — Facebook Inc said Tuesday it has data sharing partnerships with at least four Chinese companies including Huawei, the world’s third largest smartphone maker, which has come under scrutiny from US intelligence agencies on security concern

[2] MM www.irrawaddy.com · 2013-12-28 · 100% match

In Burma, Facebook Is Increasingly Used for Social Activism

RANGOON — The immense popularity of Facebook in Burma has turned the social networking site into the default medium for most Burmese internet users, and with its growing popularity has also come an increased use of Facebook for social activism and ch

[3] MM www.irrawaddy.com · 2018-08-31 · 100% match

Facebook Bans Deepen Mutual Distrust Between Military, Government

The already growing mistrust between the civilian administration and the powerful military leadership has been suddenly aggravated by social media giant Facebook’s decision to ban Myanmar’s top generals.

[4] MM www.irrawaddy.com · 2014-06-06 · 100% match

Minister’s Wife Shares Fake Facebook Photo of Suu Kyi in Islamic Headscarf

RANGOON — Ye Htut, Burma’s deputy minister for information and the presidential spokesman, has posted an apology note on Facebook after a storm of criticism followed his wife’s posting of a Photoshopped image of Aung San Suu Kyi in Islamic garb this

[5] MM news.mongabay.com · 2026-03-19 · 100% match

Facebook shuts Indonesia groups after Mongabay and Bellingcat report illegal wildlife trade

Facebook parent company Meta has closed nine groups on the social network after reporters from Mongabay and Bellingcat found evidence of illegal wildlife trade being conducted openly on the platform in Indonesia.

[6] MM www.irrawaddy.com · 2021-02-25 · 100% match

Myanmar Military, Associates Banned From Facebook, Instagram

[7] MM www.irrawaddy.com · 2019-04-03 · 100% match

Facebook, Twitter Sucked Into India-Pakistan Information War

ISLAMABAD/NEW DELHI — Pakistani social media campaigner Hanzala Tayyab leads about 300 ultra-nationalist cyber warriors fighting an internet war with arch-foe India, in a battle that is increasingly sucking in global tech giants such as Twitter and F

[8] MM www.irrawaddy.com · 2017-06-12 · 100% match

U Wirathu Claims Facebook Blocked His Accounts

Myanmar’s ultranationalist Buddhist monk U Wirathu claimed Facebook temporarily shut down his account in a video shared on another Facebook account last Friday.

[9] MM www.irrawaddy.com · 2018-09-07 · 100% match

Facebook Removes Burmese Translation Feature After Reuters Report

LONDON—Facebook has removed a feature that allowed users to translate Burmese posts and comments after a Reuters report showed the tool was producing bizarre results. A Reuters investigation published on Aug.

[10] MM www.irrawaddy.com · 2018-08-27 · 100% match

Myanmar Military Chief’s Facebook Page Deleted

YANGON — In a statement published on Facebook’s official Newsroom website on Monday afternoon, it was announced that the social media giant had closed accounts and banned a total of 20 individuals and organizations who “committed or enabled serious h

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