Myanmar junta extends social media blockade as protests spread against coup

Demand for VPNs has soared, allowing some people to evade the ban, but users reported more general disruption to mobile data services that most people in the country of 53 million rely on for news

Myanmar's junta extended a social media blockade to Twitter and Instagram on Saturday in the face of a growing protest movement against the coup that ousted elected leader Aung San Suu Kyi and halted a transition to democracy.
 

Days after a temporary blockade on Facebook, authorities ordered internet providers to enforce the latest ban "until further notice", Norwegian mobile phone company Telenor Asa said.
 

Demand for VPNs has soared in Myanmar, allowing some people to evade the ban, but users reported more general disruption to mobile data services that most people in the country of 53 million rely on for