A January 2013 Time Magazine article suggests that while ‘Free Speech’ has some ways to go in the New Burma, it is making positive steps in that direction:
“The relaxation of media restrictions in Burma has allowed for greater press criticism of both the Suu Kyi–led opposition and Thein Sein’s quasi-civilian administration,” he says. “Both have taken their lumps in the local press, a positive development in terms of open debate and press freedom.”
The article suggests that Social Media is being used by both the government and oppositions to stake their claim. The government position that the Rohingya ethnic groups are Muslim terrorists, while the Rohingya claim they are victims of terrorism by pro-Buddhist groups.