Cambodia steps up surveillance with new internet gateway


Hip-hop artiste Kea Sokun listening to one of his songs online at a cafe in Phnom Penh. - AFP

PHNOM PENH (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 Feb 16, will have a "devastating" effect on privacy and free speech.

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