Born in Svey Rieng, Vietnam

[newkidontheblock]

Making the rounds in Facebook. Apparently some birth certificates coming from Svey Rieng, now say country of birth: Vietnam.

Birth certificates are in official the Khmer ones, listing father, mother, etc.

Is this just a clerical error, or is it being secretly handed over?

[Anchor Moy]

Making the rounds in Facebook. Apparently some birth certificates coming from Svey Rieng, now say country of birth: Vietnam.

Birth certificates are in official the Khmer ones, listing father, mother, etc.

Is this just a clerical error, or is it being secretly handed over?

You are kidding right NKOTB ? Of course Svay Rieng province is being secretly handed over to the Vietnamese, by turning all the occupants into Vietnamese citizens. And nobody will ever notice.

If it's a Cambodian rumour on Facebook, then of course it's true! Seriously, Cambodian social media thrives on rumours and manufactured outrage. It doesn't take much to start a fire. Why encourage this ?

[PSD-Kiwi]

You need to tell your Birdy to stop believing everything she reads on the anti-Vietnamese FB groups she follows.

[mannanman]

The locals always believe stuff on FB.
“They say that..”
“Who’s ‘They’ exactly?”
“On FB”
>bites tongue<

That whole tsunami nonsense was exacerbated by those groups (and Telegram).

[newkidontheblock]

The reporters in Cambodia self censor reporting news. Reporters have to decide whether reporting something steps on any toes before they publish. Facebook, on the other hand (at least in Cambodia) reports everything first.

The news about Kulen mountain, users on Facebook reported it first.

Sensitive subjects will report on Facebook first, and sometimes or never, mentioned on official news sources.

[Freightdog]

The reporters in Cambodia self censor reporting news. Reporters have to decide whether reporting something steps on any toes before they publish. Facebook, on the other hand (at least in Cambodia) reports everything first.

The news about Kulen mountain, users on Facebook reported it first.

Sensitive subjects will report on Facebook first, and sometimes or never, mentioned on official news sources.

Not that I place too much faith in the quality of reporting, in general- but did you really mean to say that? Or was it just a clumsily worded way of suggesting that reporters should, and need to, fact check before running off at the mouth/keyboard, whereas with tiktok/Facebook types, anyone can write anything, and the herds of wide eyed viewers are free to regurgitate without thinking?

Fact checking, 2 credible independent sources, etc, all takes time.
Typing at random and hitting enter is a bit quicker, even if it’s only one finger typing.

[mannanman]

The reporters in Cambodia self censor reporting news. Reporters have to decide whether reporting something steps on any toes before they publish. Facebook, on the other hand (at least in Cambodia) reports everything first.

The news about Kulen mountain, users on Facebook reported it first.

Sensitive subjects will report on Facebook first, and sometimes or never, mentioned on official news sources.

“Sensitive subjects” or total bollocks, as we say in Germany.