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Last month, Cambodia saw the launch of its first messaging app, CoolApp, similar to popular international apps, WhatsApp, Signal and Telegram. However, digital app experts and critics raised concerns that CoolApp might be used by the government for surveillance, and infringe on data privacy and security, and suppress political rivals. CoolApp was developed over three years (2021-2024)…
Minister of Interior Sar Kheng has called for more concerted efforts, in term of policies and ground action, to resolve money laundering and human trafficking issues which has affected Cambodia’s reputation. On September 8, Sar Kheng said the Kingdom is facing two issues. One, being in the “gray list” of money laundering of the Financial…
The Kingdom’s “Stop Covid” QR Code – a location and contact-tracing app designed to prevent the coronavirus spreading – has won the Global South Covid-19 Digital Innovation Challenge award from the International Telecommunication Union (ITU), a UN specialised agency for information and communication technologies (ICT). The challenge, launched in June this year in collaboration with…
WASHINGTON — Radio reporter Khut Sokun says he is doing less reporting this year. The reason: fear of Cambodia’s national internet gateway, which he and others say allows the government to monitor all online activity. Internet service providers in Cambodia have until February 2022 to redirect all their traffic through a regulatory body, or gateway,…
តើអ្វីទៅជាកាំភ្លើងប្រឆាំងនឹងយន្តហោះគ្មានមនុស្សបើកផ្ទាល់ (physical pilot) ដែលហៅថាដ្រូននោះ? កាំភ្លើងនេះមិនមែនដូចជាកាំភ្លើងដែលមានគ្រាប់ដែលយើងអាចចាប់កាន់បានដូចជាគ្រាប់កាំភ្លើងដែលប្រើប្រាស់ដោយ ប៉ូលីស និងទាហាននោះទេ។ គ្រាប់របស់កាំភ្លើងកំចាត់ដ្រូន គឺជា រលកសញ្ញាវិទ្យុ ឬហៅថា Radio Frequency នៅពេលដែលកាំភ្លើងនេះត្រូវបានកេះកៃបាញ់ គ្រាប់រលកសញ្ញាវិទ្យុនោះនឹងទៅរំខានដល់ឧបករណ៍ បញ្ជារដ្រូន (Drone Remote Control) របស់អាកាសយានិក (Drone Pilot) ដែលធ្វើឲ្យដ្រូនមិនអាចទទួលការបញ្ជាររបស់ឧបករណ៍បញ្ជារនោះបាន។ កាំភ្លើងកំចាត់ដ្រូននេះ ក៏មានលទ្ធភាពអាច បាញ់បញ្ជារដ្រូនមួយ ឬច្រើន ដែលកំពុងតែហោះនោះ ឲ្យត្រឡប់ទៅទីតាំងដើម (Home) វិញ ឬឲ្យដ្រូនចុះចតភ្លាមៗ តាមរយៈការបញ្ជារចុះតាមដៃរបស់អ្នកកាន់កាំភ្លើងដ្រូននោះ។ នៅក្នុងអត្ថបទនេះ ខ្ញុំនឹងរៀបរាប់ពី មុខងារ និងសមត្ថិភាពរបស់កាំភ្លើងនេះ រួមទាំងការប្រើប្រាស់របស់វា និងហានិភ័យដែលអាចកើតចេញពីការប្រើប្រាស់។ ហេតុអ្វីបានជាគេប្រើប្រាស់ កាំភ្លើងកំចាត់ដ្រូន (anti-drone gun)? ប្រព័ន្ធយន្តហោះគ្មានមនុស្សបើក ឬហៅជាភាសាបច្ចេកទេសថា Unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) ត្រូវបាន ប្រើប្រាស់ដោយប្រទេសដែលមានបច្ចេកទេសបង្កើតសាពាវុធទំនើបៗ រួមបញ្ចូលទាំងបច្ចេកទេស ប្រព័ន្ធឈ្លបយកការ សម្រាប់វិស័យកងទ័ព។ យន្តហោះដ្រូនរបស់កងទ័ព…
As authorities jail multiple activists for their online speech, rights groups and civil society members are decrying the government’s digital surveillance and criminalization of speech. About two weeks ago, officials arrested three members of the environmental protection group Mother Nature and later used a video clip allegedly taken from an online Zoom meeting and posted…
The Interior Ministry’s IT department has reminded the public to be careful and verify chat groups that purport to be official government channels at this time lest bad actors set up imitation channels to spread false news during the Covid-19 crisis. In a Facebook post, the department said amid the ongoing community outbreak, the government…
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…