Hereby Decides
Clause 1: This Prakas has an objective to manage publication of all news contents or written
messages, audios, photos, videos, and/or others means on website and social media by using
internet in the Kingdom of Cambodia, following Sub-Decree on the Organization and
Functioning of the Ministry of Information as well as Law on Press.
Clause 2: The Prakas aims at obstructing and preventing all publications or news content
sharing or written messages, audios, photos, videos, and/or other means intended to create
turmoil leading to undermine national defence, national security, relation with other
countries, national economy, public order, discrimination and national culture and tradition.
Clause 3: This Prakas shall be enforceable on website publications and any kinds of social
media networks ran by internet in the Kingdom of Cambodia.
Clause 4: To ensure effective implementation of this Prakas, Ministry of Information, and
Ministry of Interior and Ministry of Posts and Telecommunication, have to establish
specialized unit as secretariat in order to cooperatively monitor, study, research, find out
illegal business activities and publications on websites and social media in order to take legal
action against them following the procedure.
Specialized unit has an obligation to implement this Prakas as follow:
- Ministry of Information operated by Director General of Information and Audio.
- Ministry of Interior operated by General Commissioner of National Police.
- Ministry of Posts and Telecommunication operated by Regulator of Telecom
Cambodia.
Clause 5: Institutions and specialized units have to fulfill their own obligations and cooperate
with each other, and/or cooperate with ministries and relevant institutions, in order to take
actions against and prevent all news publication contents or written messages, audios, photos,
videos, and/or other means willing to create turmoil leading to undermine national defence,
national security, relation with other countries, national economy, public order,
discrimination and national culture and tradition.
Each specialized unit must request to the management of ministries and institutions
concerned to implement their works and regularly report them the outcome of the
implementation.
Clause 6: Ministry of Information must ensure:
a) Manage information published through electronic system: all news contents or written
messages, audios, photos, videos, and/or other means on website and social media by
using internet in the Kingdom of Cambodia.
b) Take actions against illegally publications on electronic media whose given license by
Ministry of Information.
c) Inform Ministry of Posts and Telecommunication to take actions and shutdown
websites and social media page that operate illegally, and/or publicize information
willing to create turmoil in the society leading to undermine national defence, national
security, relation with other countries, national economy, public order, discrimination
and national culture and tradition.