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Internet Freedom Collapses in Myanmar, But China Still ‘Worst’ in Rankings: Report Internet freedom dropped sharply in Myanmar after the military coup that ousted the country’s democratically elected government on Feb. 1, with Myanmar’s new military rulers cutting off online access and blocking social media platforms to contain opposition, Freedom House said in an annual report on Tuesday. Myanmar’s ranking in the rights group’s Freedom on the Net 2021 fell by 14 points, dropping in one year from 31 to 17, the steepest decline recorded in one year in Freedom House reporting, the Washington D.C.-based group said in its report....
