Facebook Runs Into Lawsuit Over Cambodian Politics

Facebook Runs Into Lawsuit Over Cambodian Politics
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PHNOM PENH—Former Cambodian opposition leader Sam Rainsy has filed a legal case in the United States to get Facebook to release information on Prime Minister Hun Sen’s use of the social media platform, his legal team said.

Lawyers for Sam Rainsy, who fled Cambodia in 2015 to escape a conviction for defamation he says was politically motivated, said he sought the information to help him in his own legal cases in Cambodia.