Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen’s “history of committing human rights violations and intimidating political opponents” were cited as reasons to ban his Meta accounts.
Meta’s Oversight Board on Thursday called for the immediate suspension of the Facebook and Instagram accounts belonging to Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen after he threatened to"beat up" opponents and made other posts inciting violence, a decision that could change how political speech is handled online.... [+]
Bocharov Ruchey State Residence on May 19, 2016 in Sochi, Russia.
This is the first time the oversight board, created to make difficult content decisions, has asked to ban a head of government from Facebook or Instagram, thereported; Meta has in recent years repeatedly clashed with users and regulators over abusive online behavior, incitements of violence from political leaders and the spread of misinformation.
Former President Donald Trump was suspended from Meta platforms for two years"following his praise for people engaged in violence at the Capitol” on Jan. 6, 2021, but he was allowed back on Facebook and Instagram earlier this year after the company put out new, board-suggested guidance on the length of suspensions and the “circumstances in which accounts of public figures could be restricted during times of civil unrest and ongoing violence,”When the accounts will come down.
reported, one example of an ongoing attack on free speech in the country. The Cambodian government has not responded to the board’s decision.“Such behavior should not be rewarded,” Meta’s Oversight Board said of Hun Sen’s posting.Trump has not posted on Twitter since he was banned by the platform in 2021, following the January 6 riots, but is reportedly mulling a return to the platform after his account was unbanned several months ago.
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