Myanmar’s armaments were immediately banned from Facebook and Instagram, as the first pro-arms rally was held in Yangon.
In a blog post, Facebook said: “Events since the February 1 coup, including deadly violence, have hampered the need for this ban,” adding: “We believe that The dangers of allowing the Tatmadaw (Myanmar army) on Facebook and Instagram are also great. “
The army seized power this month after claiming fraud in the November 8 election won by Aung San Suu Kyi’s National League of Democracy (NLD), which arrested her and much of her leadership. party.
Facebook said it would also ban all “commercial entities affiliated with Tadmadaw” from advertising on its platforms.
They said the decision to ban Myanmar’s army was due to “serious human rights abuses and the likely threat of future military violence in Myanmar in the future”, as well as the ongoing history of weapons about breaking Facebook rules, including from the coup.
Over the weekend Facebook said it had deleted a page belonging to the army’s propaganda group, True Tatmadaw News Intelligence Team Page, under its standards prohibiting incitement to violence.
The military government could not immediately be reached for comment.
Facebook is widely used in Myanmar and has been one of the junta’s ways of communicating with people, despite an official move to block the platform in early days the cup.
In the commercial capital, Yangon, hundreds of pro-military demonstrators marched through the city center toward the central railway station, though the population was a fraction of the size of protests against a coup.
Proponents of democracy met them with fists crossed and pots and beans banned.
Some pro-arms demonstrators damaged cars, attacked people and threatened reporters who continued on the march.
A photographer said a man shot a stone from a slingshot that cut his leg open.
Police removed a barricade at a large crossroads built to prevent anti-coup rallies, so that pro-militant supporters could get through.
Police blocked the gates of the university campus, stopping hundreds from coming out to march.
“We need to bring down the dictatorships,” said Kaung Sat Wai, 25, outside the main campus of Yangon university.
“Since the coup our lives have grown hopeless, our dreams have died.”
Doctors were scheduled to hold a protest Thursday as part of a white coat revolution.
Three protesters and one policeman were killed in the protests that have swept the country out of the cup on February 1st.
Aung San Suu Kyi has been incommunicado from the cup, at her home in the capital, Naypyitaw, but her party says the November victory must be honored.
Reuters contributed to this report