A China-style internet gateway scheduled to be imposed in Cambodia this week would grant the government far greater powers to conduct mass surveillance, censor and control the country’s internet, rights groups have warned.
Human rights experts and media advocates fear the gateway could be a step towards the kind of censorship enforced through China’s Great Firewall – though some question what technical capacity Cambodia’s systems currently have, and say the process has lacked transparency.
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How Cambodia’s Internet gateway will harm the Internet
Cambodia should evaluate the impact of its plans to route all Internet traffic through a “national Internet gateway” on the Internet.
While the deadline for Internet service providers and telecommunications companies to connect to the gateway had been set for 16 February 2022, the plans have reportedly been delayed to an unspecified date.
https://www.internetsociety.org/blog/2022/02/how-cambodias-internet-gateway-will-harm-the-internet/