Some days ago the military in Myanmar overthrew the government and took control of power, while detaining elected leader Aung San Suu Kyi and other members of her party.
There have been street protests in several parts of the country in opposition to the Junta. However, the opposition emerged very strongly on WhatsApp and Facebook's 22 million Myanmar users which are the country's main internet platforms.
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To stop the protest and "ensure stability" in the country, the military has directed all telecommunication companies in the country "to temporarily block social media service Facebook." This block also affects WhatsApp, Facebook Messenger and Instagram.
Though Facebook was still available in some parts of Myanmar, especially the second city of Mandalay, we can't tell how long before the block becomes nationwide and can't trust the Junta's date of February 7 to unblock the social media networks.
In this post we have listed some free Virtual Private Network (VPN) apps that can bypass the restriction in place by the government.
The advantages of using a VPN are many. This includes online anonymity from the government and hackers, bypass Internet censorship, prevent online tracking and profiling, bypass speed throttling and more (click here to read more). The advantages are endless, find the list of free premium VPN apps below.
TunnelBear:
TunnelBear is one of the best VPN services out there. Owned by security giant McAfee, it offers both free and paid services and has a nice UI that makes it less difficult for new users to setup. The downside is the 500MB monthly data limit.
Data Allowance: 500MB monthly data allowance
Maximum Number of device: 5 (free users)
Server locations: 20+
Number of servers: 1000
OS platforms: Android, iOS, Windows, and Mac
Click here to download app
Hotspot Shield:
Hotspot Shield is a very good VPN that offers free and as well premium services. Be rest assured that your personal information will be protected from the government and hackers via strong encryption. One advantage it has over other free VPN is that the free servers are as fast as the paid ones
Data Allowance: 500MB daily data allowance (15GB a month)
Maximum Number of device: 5
Server locations: 1
Number of servers: 1
OS platforms: Android, iOS, Windows, Mac and Linux
Click here to download app
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Windscribe:
Winscribe's premium service offers both free and paid, with over 10 servers hosted in locations in North America, Europe, Hong Kong, and Turkey for free users. An upgrade to a paid package will get many servers hosted in different locations.
Free users gets free 2GB worth of data when they signup, and can upgrade it to 10GB when they provide an email address.
Data Allowance: 10GB monthly data allowance
Maximum Number of device: 1 (for free users)
Server locations: 10+
Number of servers: 10+
OS platforms: Android, iOS, Windows and Mac, Linux
Click here to download app
ProtonVPN:
Data Allowance: unlimited monthly data allowance
Maximum Number of device: 1 (for free users)
Server locations: 3
Number of servers: 3
OS platforms: Android, iOS, Windows, Mac, Linux
Click here to download app
Data Allowance: 10GB monthly data allowance
Maximum Number of device: 1 (for free users)
Server locations: 5
OS platforms: Android, iOS, Windows, Linux, Mac
Click here to download app
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