That week in 2018 when Myanmar blocked Facebook entirely showed me how fast a country can go dark.

I was trying to message my cousin in Yangon and suddenly nothing went through, then I found out the government shut it down for days after the Rohingya stuff, has anyone else hit a total blackout like that?

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gavin_kim38h ago

Ha! Not a blackout, sounds like an overdue digital detox.

black.amy7h ago

My cousin in Mandalay couldn't get through to me for three days and finally called from a landline at a shop, said everyone was panicking because they couldn't even check if their families were safe.