Research Topic: Myanmar Surveillance Research
Host Organization: Access Now
Over the last four years of military rule in Myanmar, the State Administration Council junta has increasingly weaponized technology to surveil, control, and intimidate the civilian population. However, the precise technologies and systems facilitating such abusive practices remain undisclosed. This fellow will investigate the types of intercept technologies that are deployed by the Myanmar military to monitor mobile users in the country.
The research also seeks to answer the following questions:
- How do these intercept technologies work to monitor and suppress dissent? For example, is the military able to monitor the content of text messages and calls when these technologies are activated by the telecommunications company?
- Which companies/countries/organizations are supplying and/or funding the procurement of these intercept technologies?
By providing a comprehensive, evidence-based analysis of the specific interception technologies and tools enabling the military junta’s repressive practices, the project can shed light on effective circumvention strategies for people in Myanmar.