Editing Myanmar (section)

==== Internet ====
{{main|Internet in Myanmar}}
[[File:Kayan women Burma 1.jpg|thumb|[[Kayan people (Burma)|Kayan]] women in a village near [[Inle Lake]], 2010]]
Internet use is estimated to be relatively low compared to other countries.<ref name="Calderaro">{{cite journal |last1=Calderaro |first1=Andrea |title=Internet Governance Capacity Building in Post-Authoritarian Contexts. Telecom Reform and Human Rights in Myanmar |journal=SSRN |date=1 May 2015 |doi=10.2139/ssrn.2686095 |url=http://orca.cf.ac.uk/90938/1/SSRN-id2686095-2.pdf |access-date=22 February 2021 |archive-date=10 March 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210310112035/http://orca.cf.ac.uk/90938/1/SSRN-id2686095-2.pdf |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.opentechfund.org/files/reports/otf_myanmar_access_openness_public.pdf |title=Internet Access and Openness: Myanmar 2012 |access-date=18 July 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140414221004/https://www.opentechfund.org/files/reports/otf_myanmar_access_openness_public.pdf |archive-date=14 April 2014 |url-status=dead }}</ref> Myanmar's internet used to be subject to censorship, and authorities viewed e-mails and posts on Internet blogs until 2012 when the government removed media censorship. During the strict censorship days, activity at internet cafes was regulated, and one blogger named [[Zarganar]] was sentenced to prison for publishing a video of destruction caused by [[Cyclone Nargis]] in 2008; Zarganar was released in October 2011.

In regards to communications infrastructure, Myanmar is the last ranked Asian country in the World Economic Forum's [[Networked Readiness Index]] (NRI) – an indicator for determining the development level of a country's information and communication technologies. With 139 countries reported on, Myanmar ranked number 133 overall in the 2016 NRI ranking.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://reports.weforum.org/global-information-technology-report-2016/networked-readiness-index/?doing_wp_cron=1577930341.6168849468231201171875 | title=NRI Overall Ranking 2016 | work=Global Information Technology Report 2016 | publisher=World Economic Forum | access-date=1 January 2020 | archive-date=28 May 2020 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200528133139/https://reports.weforum.org/global-information-technology-report-2016/networked-readiness-index/?doing_wp_cron=1577930341.6168849468231201171875 | url-status=live }}</ref>