Myanmar’s military overthrew Aung San Suu Kyi’s democratically elected government in a coup in February, prompting widespread protests.Ī spokesman for the military, which itself banned Facebook in February, did not answer calls seeking comment.įrankel said Meta was identifying the companies based on a 2019 report from a United Nations Fact-Finding Mission on Myanmar, research from activist groups Justice for Myanmar and Burma Campaign UK, as well as consultations with civil society. “This action is based on extensive documentation by the international community and civil society of these businesses’ direct role in funding the Tatmadaw,” Rafael Frankel, Meta’s Pacific director of public policy for emerging countries, Asia Pacific, said on Wednesday. The American tech giant had already announced in February it would stop all entities linked to the military, known as the Tatmadaw, from advertising on its platforms.
Meta Platforms Inc, formerly known as Facebook, will ban all Myanmar-military controlled businesses from having a presence on its platforms in an expansion of its earlier curbs on the country’s security forces.