How the Cambodian government and Prime Minister Hun Sen are using Facebook to silence dissent before election

Cambodia is sliding into dictatorship, and it’s playing out on Facebook. The country’s government, led by Prime Minister Hun Sen, has bought millions of fake “likes” on the platform, used it to silence critics and spread propaganda, opponents claim.
On Thursday morning, former Cambodian opposition leader Sam Rainsy’s lawyers filed a petition in a Northern California court that could shed light on this behaviour, raising questions about the social media giant’…