News Forum - Cambodia delays internet gateway activists say would “devastate” free expression

[Thaiger]

The Cambodian government decided to delay implementing an internet gateway that would funnel all web traffic through a state-controlled entry point. Cambodia’s secretary of state for the Telecommunications Ministry said the gateway, which was supposed to be implemented yesterday, is being postponed because of Covid-19. The country’s foreign affairs department attacked foreign media for criticising the gateway, but activists and UN rights experts say it would be “devastating” for freedom of expression and privacy. A spokesman for the Cambodian Foreign Affairs Department said the gateway is being prepared in a “transparent manner.” He also said it would help prevent cyber […]

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[Artemis080]

Quite right it should be condemned. I can't imagine for a moment that there aren't a few Thai generals thinking that's a wonderful idea too...

[Manu]

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The Cambodian Centre for Human Rights said the government could use the gateway to block opposing views in the run-up to polls.

You don't say!

[CamPat]

This reminds me of the NGO Battle to prevent a Transparency Law for the NGO Sector. Same players as now fighting the Internet Gateway. Cybercrime is going through the roof and the plan to establish a certain control over the content sent and received is justified eventhough some don't like it. Cambodia currently is nowhere near the level of online snooping like the US,EU,Australia,Canada,Israel and even Thailand. Privcay has never really existed so why bother. China uses some Social Credit System in several Cities now that should worry those that have something to hide. Better get clean...., it's coming !

see> https://thethaiger.com/video-podcasts/asia-news-today-japan-to-ease-border-controls-fears-of-cambodian-surveillance

Edited February 18, 2022 by Smithydog
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[CamPat]

Here is another piece of US Bullshit they try to pedal on the web: Ministry refutes report on North Korean operations in Cambodia.

https://phnompenhpost.com/national/ministry-refutes-report-north-korean-operations-cambodia

The fake news was published by this .org

NK News

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

 

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c9/NK_News_logo.png/220px-NK_News_logo.png
Type of site	News website
Available in	English
Founded	April 2010; 11 years ago
Owner	NK Consulting, Inc.
CEO	Chad O’Carroll
URL	www.nknews.org
Commercial	Yes
Registration	Optional
Launched	2011
Current status	Active

NK News is an American subscription-based website that provides news and analysis about North Korea. Established in 2011, it is headquartered in Seoul, South Korea with reporters in Washington, D.C. and London.^[1] Reporting is based on information collected from in-country sources, recently returned western visitors to North Korea, stories filed by the Korean Central News Agency (KCNA), interviews with defectors, and reports published by NGOs and western governments. The site's founder and Managing Director is Chad O'Carroll, a former employee of the German Marshall Fund, who has written on North Korea and North Korea issues for The Daily Telegraph.^[2][3]

^unquote

As a result, “seven bank accounts in two different financial institutions have been closed since 2017. Cambodia has shut down all DPRK's businesses, including restaurants and museums, operating in Cambodia.

“On 12 June 2019, the [commerce ministry] deregistered a company of the DPRK – Glory Worldwide Glow Co Ltd. The [ministry] searched the entities registered in its system and found that 12 entities, including Mansudae New Tech Corporation Ltd were related to the DPRK,” the statement said.

It noted that all 12 were deregistered on December 30, 2019, just 25 days after eight restaurants were shut down and had their licences “deregistered”.

“Since 2017, Cambodia has stopped granting work authorisation for workers from the DPRK. As of 30 November 2019, the government decided not to issue the extension of visas for the DPRK nationals who worked in Cambodia,” the ministry said.

 

 

[Poolie]

Hardly a shock, is it?

[Stardust]

10 hours ago, CamPat said:

This reminds me of the NGO Battle to prevent a Transparency Law for the NGO Sector. Same players as now fighting the Internet Gateway. Cybercrime is going through the roof and the plan to establish a certain control over the content sent and received is justified eventhough some don't like it. Cambodia currently is nowhere near the level of online snooping like the US,EU,Australia,Canada,Israel and even Thailand. Privcay has never really existed so why bother. China uses some Social Credit System in several Cities now that should worry those that have something to hide. Better get clean...., it's coming !

see> https://thethaiger.com/video-podcasts/asia-news-today-japan-to-ease-border-controls-fears-of-cambodian-surveillance

Move to Xi ccp china and enjoy the firewall, total censorship, total surveillance and social credit ststem. To compare this with democracy countries is the most absurd I ever read. Sure clowns and empty heads would agree.

[CamPat]

On 2/18/2022 at 1:06 PM, Stardust said:

Move to Xi ccp china and enjoy the firewall, total censorship, total surveillance and social credit ststem. To compare this with democracy countries is the most absurd I ever read. Sure clowns and empty heads would agree.

You sound like the classic american. In China they seem to take care of criminals in a much more efficient way than in the US: Its' called Public Shaming

 

[Stardust]

Just now, CamPat said:

You sound like the classic american. In China they seem to take care of criminals in a much more efficient way than in the US: Its' called Public Shaming

I am not American and yes move to Ccp China btw nobody in south east asia likes them (ccp China) if you would understand their languages. Not in Cambodia, Vietnam, Burma, Indonesia, Phillipines, etc