The Computer Science and Development Law

Date: 1995 - 2005

Region: Asia

Subject: Political/Economic/Social Opinion

Medium: Electronic Media


Artist: Military Government of Burma

Confronting Bodies: Complete population of Burma

Dates of Action: 1996

Location: Burma

Description of Artwork: Law

The Incident: This law forbids Every unregistered use of modem, networking facilities & fax with a punishment of 7-15 years imprisonment

Results of Incident: Effective prohibition of Internet with all of its contents

Source: http://www.myanmar.com/gov/laws/computerlaw.html