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- ↑ MBS (Myanmar Bloggers Society) Archived September 5, 2011, at the Wayback Machine
- ↑ 2007 Burmese anti-government protests
- ↑ Inc, IBP (2013). Myanmar Internet and E-Commerce Investment and Business Guide - Regulations and Opportunities. Lulu.com. ISBN 978-1-4387-3445-3.
- ↑ "Myanmar blogger jailed for 20 years - CNN.com". CNN. 11 November 2008.
- ↑ "After four years in jail, Burmese blogger finds country on cusp of change". The France 24 Observers. 25 January 2012.
- ↑ "Blogging for Burma".
- ↑ "Gli ambasciatori del Nobel a Internet".
- ↑ "In mostra i volti dei costruttori di pace via web".