US Embassy Staff Sacked Over Child Pornography Protest

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PHNOM PENH — 

Dozens of Cambodian staff at the U.S. embassy in Cambodia staged a protest, claiming they were wrongfully fired for allegedly sharing child pornography.

 

In April the U.S. embassy fired 32 staff who claim they were terminated because they were added to a private Facebook group in which one member shared child pornography.

 

The embassy has not elaborated on the case but the protesters said they were involuntarily added to the group and unfairly terminated on grounds that had seriously damaged their reputations.

 

Dy Chantou, who told VOA he had worked as a security guard for the embassy for six years, said he was added to a Facebook group without any request for consent.

 

“One of my friends added me, the program for Facebook automatically [added me] to the messenger group that I did not accept,” he said.

 

“And I did not see anything, and then [they] charge me with the child pornography.”

Some, like Chantou, said they were simply seeking to have their names cleared while others were demanding compensation for lost income.

 

The U.S. embassy declined to comment on whether there had been an FBI investigation or any specific details of the terminations in an emailed response to VOA.

 

“The U.S. government takes incidents involving child pornography and child exploitation very seriously,” the email said, adding they respected the right of the terminated employees to peacefully protest.

 

Under Cambodian law a person convicted of distributing, displaying, possessing or presenting child pornography faces between 2 to 5 years jail and a fine of between about $1,000 to $2,500.

 

Ministry of Labor spokesman Heng Sour could not be reached for comment.

 

source https://www.voanews.com/a/us-embassy-cambodia/4446524.html

 

 

-- © Copyright VOA 21/06

[oldrunner]

I didn't get an invite, either.

[observer90210]

The lesson of this is that Facebook can be a real poison...use with extreme cution and only if really necessary !!!!

[manarak]

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“The U.S. government takes incidents involving child pornography and child exploitation very seriously,”

ah ok, I guess this is good reason enough to unjustly fire people. it's the USA after all.

[sanemax]

11 hours ago, observer90210 said:

The lesson of this is that Facebook can be a real poison...use with extreme cution and only if really necessary !!!!

Or you could just click the "dont allow people to add me to groups" button

[ubonjoe]

A off topic inflammatory post meant to deflect the topic has been removed along with the resultant replies to it have been removed.

[quandow]

I used to work in IT and we always regarded ANYTHING you put in an email, or cell text message, or social media the same as if you had just printed it on the front page of the local newspaper. Nothing except Hillary's emails are safe.