A new report claims that Myanmar's military rulers are seeking to limit
access to the internet to an internal network of only ``whitelisted'' sites
to quash opposition to their seizure of power.

According to the International Crisis Group, authorities have imposed
nightly internet outages and sought to limit access to social media platforms
since taking power in February.

The coup interrupted a faltering, decade-long move toward a civilian,
democratically elected government after decades of military rule.

The junta has ordered mobile operators and internet service providers to
restrict access to certain websites and virtual private networks that can
skirt internet filtering.

It is gradually ramping up shutdowns, limiting access to only fiber data
connections which are available to only a fraction of the population.