Internet and communications technology giants such as Apple, Google, LinkedIn and YouTube have been warned they are hosting apps and channels run by blacklisted Myanmar mobile phone network operator MyTel, reports Yahoo!News.
The company, which is jointly owned by the Myanmar military and Vietnamese telecommunications provider Viettel, was accused by Burma Campaign UK and the International Campaign for Rohingya of funding the Myanmar military through revenue and land lease deals for infrastructure.
“American tech firms are underpinning a military-owned company which the American government has sanctioned for providing surveillance and revenue enabling the Burmese military to carry out human rights violations,” said Mark Farmaner, Burma Campaign UK’s director.