FILE - A man views Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen's Facebook page on his mobile phone on the sidewalk in downtown Phnom Penh, Cambodia, on March 1, 2016. Hun Sen on Thursday, July 20, 2023, reactivated his Facebook account, just three weeks after he had announced he was forsaking the social media giant in favor of posting on Telegram, a popular messaging app that also serves as a blogging tool. (AP Photo/Heng Sinith, File) The Associated Press

Cambodia’s leader returns to Facebook weeks after an acrimonious breakup with the platform

Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen's Facebook account has been reactivated, three weeks after he announced he was forsaking the social media giant in favor of posting on the Telegram messaging app.

July 21, 2023

by ABC News

Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen’s Facebook account was reactivated Thursday, three weeks after he announced he was forsaking the social media giant in favor of posting on Telegram, a popular messaging app that also serves as a blogging tool.

Hun Sen’s return to the Facebook fold came three days before a general election in which his ruling Cambodian People’s Party is virtually guaranteed a landslide victory.

Hun Sen said at the end of June that he would stop posting new material on his Facebook page but leave the account online. He said he was switching to Telegram because he believed the app provided a more effective way to communicate.

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