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Cambodia steps up surveillance with new internet gateway

This photo taken on Jan 29, 2022 shows hip-hop artist Kea Sokun listening to one of his songs online at a cafe in Phnom Penh. Kea Sokun, whose lyrics about injustice and corruption have struck a chord with Cambodia’s disaffected youth, was among those jailed in recent years in the latest move by authorities to clamp down on dissent. (AFP)

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.

UN 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…

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