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The speed of the prime minister\u2019s about turn, and his unwillingness to act against Facebook, show how important the platform is in Cambodia.<\/p>\n

More than 10 million of Cambodia\u2019s 16.6 million citizens\u2014or about 92 percent of the people who have access to the internet\u2014use Facebook. Hun Sen, the country\u2019s leader since 1985, has had an active page since 2010. In 2015, Facebook introduced its Free Basics program in the country, partnering with a local telecom company to make a select group of websites and apps, including Facebook and Messenger, effectively free for users. This meant that even poor Cambodians could access Facebook, and that for many, Facebook and its products were<\/em> the internet.<\/p>\n

\u201cFacebook has been very important for [Hun Sen\u2019s] political message, as well as in making him close to the electorate and the citizens of different parts of the country,\u201d says Sokphea Young, a researcher at University College London who has studied the role the platform has played in Cambodia. In particular, people in remote areas of the country have been able to connect with the ruling party over the platform, Young says.<\/p>\n

The ubiquity of the platform, he says, also allows it to function as a tool of state surveillance. \u201cIf you do anything \u2018bad\u2019 on Facebook, try to mobilize anything that does not go along with the law, you will be arrested,\u201d he says. \u201cFacebook is run in a democratic country, but in this way is supporting the ruling party.\u201d<\/p>\n

That function\u2014and the economic significance of Facebook, which is used by many businesses in Cambodia\u2014makes it unlikely that the country would completely ban the platform, Young says.<\/p>\n

However, a ban is not impossible. The CPP won the national election, amid allegations of vote-rigging. In a widely anticipated move, Hun Sen announced that he would step down on August 22 and hand over the premiership to his son, Hun Manet. Hun Sen will become president of the Senate and acting head of state when Cambodia\u2019s king travels abroad.<\/p>\n

The country has previously ordered telecoms companies to block dozens of sites, including most independent media, and last year created its own internet gateway that gives it more control over what people in the country can access.<\/p>\n

With the regime\u2019s power over the country secured, there is less jeopardy for the government in blocking Facebook. \u201cWe see that as a real threat now,\u201d says Golda Benjamin, Asia-Pacific campaigner with Access Now. \u201cBecause the election is over, I think there\u2019s a real threat of blocking the platform and then also threatening the physical presence of any Facebook staff in Cambodia.\u201d<\/p>\n

The threat of a ban complicates Meta\u2019s decisionmaking, and introduces both commercial and freedom-of-speech considerations into its deliberations: Is it better for the platform to enforce its policy strictly and risk millions of people losing access to information and services, or to compromise its policy\u2014and the integrity of the Oversight Board\u2014to keep them online?<\/p>\n

Meta spokesperson Corey Chambliss told WIRED that the company \u201cremains focused on making sure as many people as possible can use our services to share what matters to them, while removing content that breaks our rules.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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The speed of the prime minister\u2019s about turn, and his unwillingness to act against Facebook, show how important the platform is in Cambodia. More than 10 million of Cambodia\u2019s 16.6 million citizens\u2014or about 92 percent of the people who have access to the internet\u2014use Facebook. 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