Meta, the parent company of Facebook, has announced that it has expanded its earlier ban on posts linked to the military of Burma, also known as Myanmar, to include all pages, groups, and accounts representing military-controlled businesses.
Rafael Frankel, Asia-Pacific director of policy for Meta, said in a blog post on Dec. 8 that the company was taking the action “based on extensive documentation by the international community of these businesses’ direct role in funding the Tatmadaw’s ongoing violence and human rights abuses in Myanmar.” The term “Tatmadaw” refers to the Burmese military.
