BHRN: Digital hate in Myanmar
1. Introduction The country of Myanmar faces not only political and social chaos but also hate speech, which becomes a major challenge in every coup by the military. The hate speech in Myanmar has been embedded in complex and historic disaffection, social tensions and power dynamics. It becomes a big challenge to national harmony and social stability. Although Myanmar is known as a home of multicultural and diverse ethnic groups, there have been conflicts based on intolerance of diversity and differences. Hate speech includes the widespread expression of words that is intended to incite terrorism, aggression and discrimination based on ethnicity, religion and social standards. As internet usage and mobile technology is developed, spreading short messages full of hate speech accelerates the existing tension and negative effects on marginalized com