Security News > 2022 > February > Full-time internet surveillance comes to Cambodia this week

Cambodia's National Internet Gateway comes online this Wednesday, exposing all traffic within the country to pervasive government surveillance.

As The Register reported when the Gateway was announced in January 2021, Cambodia's regime will require all internet service providers and carriers to route their traffic through the Gateway.

Human Rights Watch's analysis of the Gateway suggests it will "Allow the government to monitor all internet activities and grant the authorities broad powers to block and disconnect internet connections."

Jeff Paine, managing director of the Asia Internet Coalition, Big Tech's regional lobby group, said the Gateway "Will restrict Cambodians' ability to access a free and open internet and greatly harm the country's nascent digital economy."

The Register sought out tech businesses in Cambodia to comment on the imminent arrival of the Gateway.

"The Gateway will cause everything to be revealed to the authorities. The ability to speak freely online in Cambodia is on life support. With the Gateway in place, it will be the last nail in the coffin of Cambodian freedom of expression online, on social media and using voice services."

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