I said this about AI well over a year ago. Using it to diagnose and fire people with medical conditions so they lose their insurance AND their income is somehow even more heartless and evil than I’d predicted.
Cambodia's Press Crackdown: Where's the Government Outrage?
Government officials and pro-government commentators have spent days attacking the WSJ over its scam compound coverage, framing it as an assault on Cambodia's reputation. Meanwhile CamboJA's 2025 report came out, and the silence from those same voices is total.
61 documented violations against journalists. Legal cases up 61% from 2024. Five media licenses revoked. State actors responsible for 51 of the 61 cases. Cambodia dropped from 151st to 161st in the World Press Freedom Index.
Stung Treng environmental journalist Uk Mao is facing 22 separate lawsuits, 17 of them filed by just two plaintiffs. A Japanese journalist who photographed the Bavet Business Center was pulled inside by Chinese staff, surrounded by around 10 men, and interrogated before being told to leave Cambodia for his safety. Mongabay's Gerald Flynn was banned from re-entering in January after a France 24 documentary the government called "fake news."
Defending Cambodia's image is apparently urgent when foreign media reports on it. Defending the 57 journalists targeted in 2025, doing the same work in Khmer from inside the country, gets nothing.
https://t.co/8Ap2ASjJnd
A 2025 expert report estimated that scam syndicates in Cambodia generate up to $19 billion annually, equivalent to nearly 40% of the country’s GDP, surpassing its largest legitimate sector, garment manufacturing.
The government-run Cambodian Human Rights Committee has expressed more concern about depictions of Cambodia in the int'l press than the abuses taking place within the country's scam centers. Sadly on-brand.
Well, cause Visa free decisions are usually based on a country’s overall development like GDP, education, and infrastructure not from just a group of rich or educated individuals 🫠
Everyone flexing powerful passports while I’m over here with my Thai 🇹🇭passport preparing bank statements, employment letters, and a whole stack of documents just to prove I deserve a 7-day vacation abroad
becuz my country is apparently famous for overstays, illegal work, and Thai women flying overseas for prostitution, their favorite stereotype 🙄
Meanwhile some Europeans and Americans land in Thailand visa-free, thinking the country is some kind of lawless playground, ignoring local laws, skipping travel insurance, crashing a motorbike doing something stupid, and some even show up with no money at all, begging locals for cash to keep traveling, or starting a GoFundMe to pay the hospital bill 🫠
@spectatorindex The Mayuree Naree was carrying NO cargo. Empty ship. Iran hit it anyway.
20 crew rescued by Oman. 3 still missing in the engine room. Thailand summoning an ambassador won't get those sailors home.