Overcoming a government crackdown on social media in Laos Influential Facebook users, pejoratively referred to as net idols, are facing retribution for their online posts.

Laos Establishes Task Force to Police Social Media Platforms The Lao communist authorities fear that Facebook could become an incubator of anti-government sentiment. By Sebastian Strangio June 03 ...

Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X THE ABSENCE of independent media and shrinking civic space have effectively deprived the citizens ...

Vientiane, Laos – With their heads hung low, three Laos nationals quietly apologise on state TV for betraying the country through anti-government Facebook posts, a striking parade of apparent ...