Hun Sen urged citizens to stay vigilant for fake news. Hong Menea
Prime Minister Hun Sen reminded Facebook users on Thursday not to be cheated by fake news spread by anonymous people.
He said they used his name to post false news that misled the public, and that specialists have come up with ways to block such account users.
In a Facebook post, the prime minister said while the government has laid out a strategy to combat the Covid-19 virus, some inconsiderate people had fabricated false news to disrupt society.
He said such inconsiderate people had secretly created false profiles and pages on Facebook under the name of “Samdech Akka Moha Sena Padei Techo Hun Sen Prime Minister of the Kingdom” with the intent to post messages and information that misled the public.
“Samdech Akka Moha Sena Padei Techo Hun Sen Prime Minister of the Kingdom” has only one formal profile page with a blue check sign that is verified as true from Facebook. Besides that one, all other profiles and pages are fake,” he said.
The prime minister also reminded people who use social media to be vigilant and note the true and fake profiles and pages under the name “Samdech Techo Hun Sen”.
“Ministry specialists, please investigate, check and block those profiles and pages immediately so they cannot continue to cheat and pollute the social environment,” he wrote.
Ministry of Information spokesman Phos Sovann told The Post on Thursday that it was collaborating with the ministries of Posts and Telecommunications, and Interior on the matter.
A working group has now identified three account users who used the name of the prime minister in Khmer and English to post other pieces of information.
“We are having specialists work further and we don’t dare answer yet how it is going. We are asking Facebook to help block the account users,” he said.
Sovann encouraged all Facebook users to join his and other relevant ministries to identify fake or suspicious account users who are bent on exaggerating or providing false information.
“Hopefully, with such cooperation, we can investigate the cases and take effective measures,” he said.
