Burma, Azerbaijan Want Facebook-Powered Revolutions

Citizens of Burma and Azerbaijan are starting to express discontent with their governments through Facebook.

Add a new region to the list of places aspiring to have Facebook-powered revolutions: Southeast Asia.

Molly McHugh at Digital Trends reports that Burmese social activists have created a Facebook page called Just Do It Against Military Dictatorship, to expose the human rights violations that are routine in their country. They hope to establish a larger social media presence and raise international awareness about the oppressive state in their country.

Burma, officially known as the Union of Myanmar, is a small country in Southeast Asia bordered by China, Thailand, India, Banlgadesh, and Laos.

It’s hard to believe that a country as tightly controlled as Burma could pull it off, but if people don’t try, they’ll never know the change they’re capable of achieving.

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