{"id":777018065,"date":"2024-08-12T09:08:35","date_gmt":"2024-08-12T12:08:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/?p=777018065"},"modified":"2026-04-22T07:16:15","modified_gmt":"2026-04-22T10:16:15","slug":"cambodia-blocks-7323-illegal-websites","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/cambodia-blocks-7323-illegal-websites","title":{"rendered":"Cambodia blocks 7,323 illegal websites"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Some of the sites were promoting online gambling.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<p>Cambodia.- The Telecommunications Regulator of Cambodia (TRC) of the Ministry of Post and Telecommunications has<strong> blocked 7,323 websites and IP addresses<\/strong> for promoting gambling, spreading false information or for pornographic content.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>While the regulator did not specify the whole timeframe, it said 1,965 illegal websites were blocked last Tuesday (August 6) and 489 on Friday (August 9). The TRC urged the public to report any illegal messages or content in confidentiality.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In March,&nbsp;prime minister&nbsp;<strong>Hun Manet<\/strong> urged investors to&nbsp;<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/cambodias-prime-minister-calls-for-end-to-gambling-investments\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">reconsider or halt investments in the country\u2019s gambling sector<\/a>.&nbsp;Manet asserted that the government aimed to suspend the issuance of new gambling licences and reduce or revoke existing ones.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>See also: <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/cambodian-pm-confirms-ban-on-new-casinos-in-kep-and-kampot\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Cambodian PM confirms ban on new casinos in Kep and Kampot<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Some of the sites were promoting online gambling.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":176,"featured_media":12583,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"is_press_release":false,"is_interview":false,"is_opinion":false,"focusai_summary":"The Telecommunications Regulator of Cambodia has blocked over 7,300 websites and IP addresses, including those promoting online gambling, as part of a broader government crackdown. This enforcement action aligns with Prime Minister Hun Manet's directive to suspend new gambling license issuances and potentially revoke existing ones, signaling a significant shift in the nation's iGaming and land-based casino regulatory landscape.","focusai_entities":"Telecommunications Regulator of Cambodia (TRC), Ministry of Post and Telecommunications, Hun Manet","focusai_location":"Cambodia, Kep, Kampot","focusai_target_profile":"ceo_executive (0.9), regulator (1.0), compliance_legal (0.9), operator_casino (1.0), affiliate_publisher (0.9), investor_analyst (0.9), journalist_researcher (0.9)","focusai_suggestions":[{"label":"Impact on GGR?","query":"What is the projected impact of Cambodia's intensified regulatory crackdown and license revocations on the nation's Gross Gaming Revenue (GGR) and Net Gaming Revenue (NGR) for both B2C and B2B operators?"},{"label":"Regulatory Framework Evolution?","query":"How might the Telecommunications Regulator of Cambodia's actions and the Prime Minister's directives influence the long-term evolution of Cambodia's iGaming and land-based casino regulatory compliance and governance frameworks?"}],"footnotes":""},"categories":[439,16334],"tags":[23911,4138],"class_list":["post-777018065","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-legal-news","category-south-asia-news","tag-gambling-regulation","tag-online-gambling"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777018065","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/176"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=777018065"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777018065\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":777018076,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777018065\/revisions\/777018076"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/12583"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=777018065"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=777018065"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=777018065"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}