Facebook Bans All Myanmar Military, Related Entities After Coup
- Company has taken strong stance in opposition of army takeover
- Biden administration has imposed sanctions and condemned coup
An armed soldier on a road amid demonstrations against the military coup in Naypyidaw on Feb. 17.
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Facebook Inc. has widened a ban on pages linked to Myanmar’s military and barred advertising from affiliated commercial entities, stepping up its restrictions after the coup in the Southeast Asian nation.
The Menlo Park, California-based social media giant’s ban extends to Instagram as well as Facebook and includes military-controlled state and media entities, building on earlier suspensions of pages linked to the armed forces.