YANGON/TAIPEI -- Myanmar's military government is planning to outlaw the use of virtual private networks (VPN) under a proposed new cybersecurity law, Nikkei Asia has learned, in a move to reduce internet access and limit money going to pro-democracy groups.
According to a letter sent to industry sources, a revised draft of a cybersecurity law, which the military regime first proposed in February 2021 but subsequently abandoned, stipulates imprisonment of one to three years for the use of a VPN, a technology that allows private and secure internet connections.
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