As Cambodia boosts internet gateway, critics fear increased surveillance on dissidents
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Feb 14 2022 at 7:45 AM GMT
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- Cambodia is powering up its new National Internet Gateway, a move activists say will allow the government to further silence the country’s embattled opposition voices.
- United Nations rights experts warn the gateway, which will funnel all web traffic through a state-controlled entry point from February 16, will have a “devastating” effect on privacy and free speech.
- It is the latest move by authoritarian ruler Hun Sen to clamp down on dissent in a country that has arrested dozens for online posts….
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- Published Feb 14, 2022 7:45 AM GMT