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EngageMedia reports the latest media monitoring findings from 2025, covering 74 cases of AI and emerging technology-related incidents. It documents a significant rise in AI incidents across small to disaster-scale categories, nearly quadrupling from 2022 to 2024. The report highlights incidents affecting the environment, civil liberties, and businesses.
Internet shutdowns, controls on press freedom, and surveillance and arrests through the Person Scrutinization and Monitoring System were among the digital oppression incidents recorded in Myanmar between August and October 2025.
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Centralizing and strengthening human rights protection in AI strategies has been outlined in a position paper prepared by Parasurama Pamungkas and colleagues from other civil society organisations. The paper is intended to serve as the official strategic recommendation from the CSO network to the National AI Roadmap Working Group under the Ministry of Digital Communications (KOMDIGI).
Among the repressive actions that occurred between May and July 2025 were familiar patterns such as internet shutdowns, control over press freedom, and arrests for online expression. Surveillance and arrests were increasingly conducted through the use of the Person Scrutinization and Monitoring System
The military junta has continued restricting social media access and disrupting internet and phone connectivity – worsening the situation in Myanmar in the aftermath of the powerful earthquake that struck in March 2025.
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EngageMedia joins a collective of organizations condemning ongoing communication blackouts in Myanmar that block critical help for those affected by the devastating earthquake.