Influencer startup lands Myanmar investment

Myanmar’s UMG Group has invested in Indonesian influencer platform SociaBuzz. The investment — of an undisclosed amount — was via UMG Idealab, UMG’s early-stage venture capital enterprise, the company said in a statement. SociaBuzz, w

Facebook suspends Myanmar accounts spreading fake news

Facebook announced that it has removed a network of bogus accounts and pages. It banned 13 accounts and 10 pages that had ties to Mytel, Myanmar’s fourth telecom provider that launched in 2018, and its foreign stakeholder, Vietnamese telecom Vi
Facebook shuts more accounts in Myanmar over covert messages

Facebook shuts hundreds of pages linked to military

Social media giant Facebook shuts hundreds of military-linked pages on its platform, for engaging in “coordinated inauthentic behavior”.  The most popular social media app in Myanmar has come under considerable criticism for failing to crackdown