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Wai Phyo Myint

Wai Phyo Myint

Asia Pacific Policy Analyst

Wai Phyo has been working as a digital rights advocate in Myanmar for over six years, and has previous experience in political advisory, media, and communications. Wai Phyo has served as one of the leading persons in Myanmar organizing the Myanmar Digital Rights Forum since it was first held in 2016. Wai Phyo started her career as a journalist at a local newspaper, the Myanmar Times. Since then, she has had experience working in the spheres of policy advocacy, government relations, policy research, communications, and journalism in the USA, Cambodia and Myanmar. Wai Phyo Myint has a BA in Communications and International Politics from Green Mountain College, Vermont, USA.

header image: pushing back against IMEI registration in Myanmar

မြန်မာနိုင်ငံ IMEI အကြောင်း သိကောင်းစရာ –  အာဏာရှင်ဆန့်ကျင်ရေး တော်လှန်ရေး၏ အဓိက ကျသည့် ဆက်သွယ်ရေးကို အာဏာသိမ်း စစ်ကောင်စီက ဘယ်လို ဖြတ်တောက်နိုင်မလဲ။

11 Jul 2022

Myanmar’s proposed IMEI rules raise surveillance and connectivity risks. Telco operators must prepare to push back.

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မြန်မာနိုင်ငံ IMEI အကြောင်း သိကောင်းစရာ –  အာဏာရှင်ဆန့်ကျင်ရေး တော်လှန်ရေး၏ အဓိက ကျသည့် ဆက်သွယ်ရေးကို အာဏာသိမ်း စစ်ကောင်စီက ဘယ်လို ဖြတ်တောက်နိုင်မလဲ။
11 Jul 2022
မြန်မာနိုင်ငံ IMEI အကြောင်း သိကောင်းစရာ –  အာဏာရှင်ဆန့်ကျင်ရေး တော်လှန်ရေး၏ အဓိက ကျသည့် ဆက်သွယ်ရေးကို အာဏာသိမ်း စစ်ကောင်စီက ဘယ်လို ဖြတ်တောက်နိုင်မလဲ။
header image: pushing back against IMEI registration in Myanmar

Myanmar IMEI FAQ: how the junta could disconnect the resistance

7 Jul 2022

Myanmar’s proposed IMEI rules raise surveillance and connectivity risks. Telco operators must prepare to push back.

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Myanmar IMEI FAQ: how the junta could disconnect the resistance
7 Jul 2022
Myanmar IMEI FAQ: how the junta could disconnect the resistance
Myanmar's digital dictatorship

UN Experts join civil society in condemning Myanmar military’s “digital dictatorship” and call for Member State action

7 Jun 2022

Access Now supports UN human rights experts’ condemnation of the Myanmar military’s efforts to cement a “digital dictatorship.”

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UN Experts join civil society in condemning Myanmar military’s “digital dictatorship” and call for Member State action
7 Jun 2022
UN Experts join civil society in condemning Myanmar military’s “digital dictatorship” and call for Member State action
Myanmar's digital dictatorship

It’s not over until it’s over: sanctions must stop Telenor’s sale to the Myanmar military

18 Mar 2022

Access Now is is calling for sanctions to stop Telenor’s irresponsible disposal of its Myanmar operations.

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It’s not over until it’s over: sanctions must stop Telenor’s sale to the Myanmar military
18 Mar 2022
It’s not over until it’s over: sanctions must stop Telenor’s sale to the Myanmar military
Myanmar's digital dictatorship

Resist Myanmar’s digital coup: stop the military consolidating digital control

8 Feb 2022

Access Now and a coalition of human rights organizations call on the international and business community to resist the digital coup in Myanmar.

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Resist Myanmar’s digital coup: stop the military consolidating digital control
8 Feb 2022
Resist Myanmar’s digital coup: stop the military consolidating digital control

Analysis: the Myanmar junta’s Cybersecurity Law would be a disaster for human rights

27 Jan 2022

The Myanmar junta’s efforts to achieve ultimate control over civic space is continuing — through a devastating draft Cybersecurity Law.

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Analysis: the Myanmar junta’s Cybersecurity Law would be a disaster for human rights
27 Jan 2022
Analysis: the Myanmar junta’s Cybersecurity Law would be a disaster for human rights
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