Overview
- Meta's Oversight Board has recommended suspending Hun Sen's Facebook and Instagram accounts for six months due to violent and threatening language in a video posted to his Facebook page.
- Meta initially failed to remove the video but has now agreed to take it down in response to the board's recommendation.
- The board cited Hun Sen's history of human rights violations and use of social media to spread propaganda in calling for the suspension.
- Hun Sen announced he will stop using Facebook and switch to Telegram after the board's decision.
- The suspension recommendation comes just before a Cambodian election that international observers fear will lack legitimacy due to Hun Sen's authoritarian control.