Cambodia‘s leader Hun Sen has quit Facebook and threatened to block it in his country after the platform’s oversight board recommended he be suspended for six months.
Hun Sen had called for violence against his political opponents in a video in January, which was viewed six hundred thousand times. His move comes days before he launches a re-election campaign to extend his 38-year-long rule.
Mr. Sen was a prolific Facebook user and his page had 14 million followers.
After he left the platform, he urged Cambodians to migrate to other social media platforms, including Telegram and TikTok, which he has moved to.
Critics say the 69-year-old leader’s massive social media reach has been due to fake accounts.
SOURCE: BBC NEWS
