Reverse Newly Decreed National Internet Gateway
ថ្ងៃព្រហស្បតិ៍ ៧កើត ខែផល្គុន ឆ្នាំជូត ទោស័ក ព.ស.២៥៦៤ ត្រូវនឹងថ្ងៃទី១៨ ខែកុម្ភៈ គ.ស.២០២១
Thursday the 7th Waxing Moon of Phagguṇa B.E.2564 equivalent to February 18, A.D.2021 Year of the Rat
HRW

The Cambodian government’s new National Internet Gateway will enable the government to increase online surveillance, censorship, and control of the internet that will seriously infringe on rights to free expression and privacy, Human Rights Watch said today.

On February 16, 2021, Prime Minister Hun Sen signed the sub-decree on the Establishment of the National Internet Gateway. The sub-decree requires all internet traffic in Cambodia to be routed through a regulatory body charged with monitoring online activity before it reaches users. It would allow for “blocking and disconnecting [of] all network connections that affect safety, national revenue, social order, dignity, culture, tradition and customs.” The grounds for action are both overbroad and not defined, permitting arbitrary and abusive application of blocking and disconnecting powers.

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