Cambodia to Create Internet Firewall with Potential to Block Traffic, Store Data
17 February 2021
VOA Khmer
FILE PHOTO: A person uses a smartphone to look at the Facebook page of Cambodia s Prime Minister Hun Sen, during breakfast at a restaurant in central Phnom Penh, Cambodia October 7, 2015. (REUTERS/Samrang Pring)
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PHNOM PENH, CAMBODIA
The Cambodian government issued a directive to establish a National Internet Gateway that would control online traffic, despite rights groups criticizing the move they say will give the government wide-ranging powers to control internet access.
The sub-decree titled the “Establishment of the National Internet Gateway (NIG)” is drafted by the Ministry of Post and Telecommunications and signed by Prime Minister Hun Sen on February 16, according to Ek Tha, a spokesperson at the office of the Council of Ministers. The sub-decree builds on provisions already present in the Law on Telecommunications.