"Aung Thu and other activists now feel they were betrayed, and a new class-action lawsuit alleges that the data of more than 1,200 customers, including addresses and last-known locations, was passed on by the company to the regime."
"Telenor's own transparency reports reveal it complied with 96% of the 153 data requests it received."
"Some of the people I worked with have disappeared; I can't find any trace of them. Some are untraceable; some were among those arrested - people who were in contact with me."
"The lawsuit, filed in Norway, argues the company did not protect the victims nor inform them of the requests by the military."
Aung Thu, an anti-coup activist in Myanmar, faced torture but refused to betray his peers. The military sought data from Telenor, a Norwegian telecom company, which allegedly provided information on over 1,200 customers, including Aung Thu. This data sharing is believed to have facilitated arrests and human rights abuses by the military junta. A class-action lawsuit has been filed in Norway, claiming Telenor failed to protect victims or inform them of military requests. A parliamentary inquiry into the Norwegian government's role is anticipated.
Read at www.theguardian.com
Unable to calculate read time
Collection
[
|
...
]