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Norway's Telenor faces lawsuit for giving junta data from its customers in Myanmar
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- A Swedish non-profit has filed a class action lawsuit against Norway's Telenor, accusing it of endangering customers in Myanmar by sharing their data with the junta.
- The case alleges that Telenor Myanmar passed phone data of more than 1,200 people to the country's military junta following the 2021 coup.
- The class action lawsuit, filed by a Swedish non-profit called the Justice and Accountability Initiative, alleges that the company endangered customers by passing information on to the military government.
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A Swedish non-profit has filed a class action lawsuit against Norway's Telenor, accusing it of endangering customers in Myanmar by sharing their data with the junta. The company said it had no real choice.
https://p.dw.com/p/5Brnk Norway's Telenor operated in Myanmar for almost a decade during the partial democratization that's since been rolled back Image: Davide Bonaldo/SOPA Images/ZUMA/picture alliance Advertisement Telenor is facing a class action lawsuit in Norway over the actions of its subsidiary in Myanmar.
The case alleges that Telenor Myanmar passed phone data of more than 1,200 people to the country's military junta following the 2021 coup.
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