Media (02nd – 06th, August, 2021)
The Ministry of information plans to hold a meeting with media publishers,
journalist associations, and other stakeholders as soon as the Covid-19
eases to discuss improving the media landscape in the kingdom. However
Cambodian journalists and rights groups are voicing concern over the
authoritarian government’s creation of a new committee to promote
“journalism ethics and professional standards” with the power to discipline
reporters.
An online journalist says he received an anonymous call that he took to be
a threat after reporting on land clearing in Siem Reap province.
The Ministry of Information’s Fake News Monitoring Committee recorded 161
cases of fabricated news, disinformation and incitement, among others, in
July.
