Companies from the People’s Republic of China, particularly Geedge Networks (Jizhi (Hainna) Information Technology Company Limited), played a key role in deploying the military’s internet gateway firewall systems, modeled after China’s infamous Great Firewall. And while the junta seeks to fasten their digital iron curtain where they still have control, 2024 saw resistance groups and local initiatives make significant progress in finding alternative ways to access the internet — though this was hampered by the high cost, technological barriers of alternative communication tools and the dramatic closing down of international aid and funding that enables such efforts.