A Surge of Politics on Burmese Social Media

The historic recent election highlighted the freedoms of Burmese social media political discourse

Soon after polls closed in Myanmar’s November 8 elections, photos of the ink-stained fingers of proud voters were plastered across the country’s Facebook pages. Overnight, the purple pinky, used as a means to determine who had voted, became a badge of democratic honour. The trend was symbolic of Myanmar’s position at the convergence of rapidly expanding…