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I think it is misleading to cherry-pick an extreme example of the Australian government getting a search warrant to look for copies of leaked defence documents,
by dane-pgp 5y ago
I think it is misleading to cherry-pick an extreme example of the Australian government getting a search warrant to look for copies of leaked defence documents, while ignoring Cambodia's complete crackdown on independent newspapers[0] and radio stations[1].
Even more worrying is Cambodia's recently introduced internet censorship decree, which "requires all internet traffic in Cambodia to be routed through a regulatory body charged with monitoring online activity before it reaches users."[2]
[0] https://freedomhouse.org/article/death-press-freedom-cambodia https://freedomhouse.org/article/death-press-freedom-cambodi...
[1] https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2017/9/22/cambodia-switching-off-independent-radio-stations https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2017/9/22/cambodia-switching-...
[2] https://www.hrw.org/news/2021/02/18/cambodia-internet-censorship-control-expanded https://www.hrw.org/news/2021/02/18/cambodia-internet-censor...
- marcus_holmes 5y agoWell, this was the radio interview I gave to the ABC when the Post was sold: https://www.abc.net.au/radio/programs/pm/mass-resignations-after-phnom-penh-post-sold-to-pr-man/9740318 https://www.abc.net.au/radio/programs/pm/mass-resignations-a... As I said in that interview, there are a lot of cultural factors at play, and it's not nearly as clear-cut as it has been made out to be.