Photo: Balint Porneczi/Bloomberg Sam Rainsy, leader of Cambodia's main opposition political party, during an interview in Paris on Feb. 2, 2012.

Judge to order Facebook to provide data for Cambodian exile

Bloomberg / SFGate | 30 April 2018

Facebook must turn over information on its platform to an exiled Cambodian politician who's trying to defend himself against charges by the ruling regime that would sent him to prison if he returns.

A magistrate judge said Monday she'll probably order the social media giant to furnish some though not all of the records sought by opposition party leader Sam Rainsy, who has accused longtime Prime Minister Hun Sen of misusing the network to spread propaganda. Sam Rainsy, who has lived out of the country since 2015, is also fighting multiple criminal and civil claims brought against him and contends the Facebook data will help prove the accusations are trumped up.