“Like oxygen for democracy”: What does free expression mean to you?

[yuiyoshida]

Civil society leaders in Cambodia are concerned about regulations that could govern their lives online.


“The constitution protects freedom of expression, and if we don’t let people speak out, what is the point of building a democracy?” says Sorn Ramana of the Cambodian Center for Human Rights. Photo: Patrick Brown / Panos for Oxfam America

What if Facebook were not about vacation photos, cute kitten videos, and your uncle’s political bellyaching?

What if Facebook were one of the only places where you could feel free to speak your mind, and not go to jail or endanger your family as a result of what you said?

And what if that right were taken away from you?

This is what people in Cambodia are facing right now.

http://www.oxfamamerica.org/explore/stories/like-oxygen-for-democracy-what-does-free-expression-mean-to-you/?utm_source=outbrain&utm_medium=cpc&utm_content=A-proposed-cybercrime-law-in-Cambodia-that-threatens-to-limit-the-freedom-of-expression-of-everyday-citizens&utm_campaign=AE