Social media users in Myanmar are calling on everyone to observe “Black TV Day” and “blackout” all state media by not looking at anything broadcast or published by the military junta on Union Day, 12 February, according to media outlet DVB.

Min Aung Hlaing has invited Ethnic Armed Organisations (EAOs) to attend “pre peace” talks in Naypyidaw on that day, but most of the organisations he asked, including the ABSDF, Karen National Union (KNU) and Arakan Army (AA) have rebuffed him.

The call for a “blackout” follows earlier “silent strike” days in which many of the populace stayed home to protest against the junta that grabbed power in a coup in February 2021.