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The Kachin Independence Army captures the town of Lweje and its nearby border crossings in Kachin State, Myanmar, after junta forces abandoned their posts and fled across the border into China.
2024-03-28

Meta Platforms experiences a large-scale outage of most of its services, including Facebook and Instagram. Isolated outages are also reported by users of Google, X, and Microsoft Teams.
2024-03-5

Canada, Denmark, France, Germany, the Netherlands, and the United Kingdom formally join the genocide case at the International Court of Justice against Myanmar, accusing Myanmar's military junta of committing genocide against the Rohingya people.
2023-11-17

France bans the use of Instagram, TikTok, Twitter, and other apps on government employees' phones due to concerns relating to insufficient data security measures.
2023-03-27

Protests against the military government occur across Myanmar in honor of the anniversary of the 8888 Uprising.
2021-08-8

Twitter, Facebook and Instagram are blocked in Turkey, while YouTube and WhatsApp are partially restricted. It is understood that the measures are intended to protect details surrounding troop and equipment deployments.
2020-02-27

Home Secretary Sajid Javid comes under criticism for describing Leader of the Opposition Jeremy Corbyn on Twitter as "one of the biggest threat's{{sic}} to our national security".
2018-08-27

Twitter, in response to criticism over its handling of U.S. President Donald Trump's account, says it will not block world leaders or remove their controversial tweets.
2018-01-5

Two boats carrying 500 members of Myanmar's Rohingya Muslim people arrive in western Indonesia.
2015-05-10

The European Union suspends most trade sanctions against Myanmar for a year but leaves an arms embargo in place.
2012-04-23