Author profile: Isabella Aung

Isabella Aung is a doctoral candidate in Political Studies at Queen’s University. Her research explores how contemporary authoritarian power is both contested and sustained through social media and how this process is gendered. She is a fellow affiliated with the UBC Myanmar Initiative, the Civil War Paths Project, and the Queen’s Public Scholarship Program.

Opinion – Gendered Digital Repression in Myanmar’s Online Dissent

Isabella Aung • May 4 2024 • Articles

The case of Myanmar highlights how autocrats are leveraging social media as a political tool to not only react to but also proactively deter women’s online activism.

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