In a series of tweets, Jack Dorsey said he had travelled to northern Myanmar last month for a meditation retreat.

"The people are full of joy and the food is amazing," he said, before encouraging his 4m followers to visit.

But some accused him of ignoring the plight of the Muslim Rohingya minority.

Last year, Myanmar's military launched a violent crackdown after Rohingya militants carried out attacks on several police posts.

Thousands of people have been killed, and human rights organisations say the army has burned land and committed arbitrary killings and rape.

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