The ruling Myanmar Junta’s ‘True
News’ information service on Facebook was kicked off the platform on Sunday,
with the army-led government accused of inciting violence through the page. The
security forces in Myanmar have steadily increased violent crackdown upon peaceful
protestors following civil disobedience, who have, since a military coup rocked
the country on February 6, been demanding the release of Aung San Suu Kyi after
the public leader was detained alongside several other members of her political
party.

The Junta, on its part, has accused
Suu Kyi of involving in voting fraud during the election held in November, 2020.
Furthermore, it has already issued warnings to the protestors who have been
demanding that the Army relinquish their power.

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Tatmadaw True News Information Team,
the page representing the Junta government’s information services, was removed
for “repeated violations of our Community Standards prohibiting incitement
of violence and coordinating harm”, according to AFP who quoted a Facebook
spokesperson as saying so.

This partly comes off as Facebook’s response
to allegations of ineffective handling of a rising number of malicious posts from
the Army quarters.

The social media giant has, in recent
years, banned hundreds of army-affiliated pages on its platform.

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The next strike came directly on
Junta chief Min Aung Hlaing and his fellow army leaders, as they were booted
from the site. A year later, a United Nations investigation culminated in the
top officials facing prosecution for having committed genocide in the country.