Imitators are adopting Chinese tactics to quash online critics

Allies like Cambodia and Bangladesh are deploying fake voices to drown out dissent

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A view of Hun Sen's Facebook page in 2016: The platform is allowing dictators to make public threats while getting other voices supressed. © AP

Sam Rainsy is interim leader and co-founder of the Cambodia National Rescue Party and previously served as finance minister.

Facebook's network management tools are proving inadequate to deal with the Chinese-inspired army of bots deployed by Cambodia's dictatorship to shout down dissenting voices. This failure could have global implications for democracy.

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