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Home » News from Thailand » Reform council wants even more control over mobile communications and the internet
The National Reform Council (NRSA) has made a proposal that goes very far. They want the government to introduce a law that makes it possible to take fingerprints and make a face scan when someone buys a mobile phone, SIM card or calling minutes.
In addition, there must be a center that monitors internet traffic in Thailand. It must have access to technology with which messages can be intercepted. All this would be necessary to combat lèse-majeste.
Critics think this is a fallacy and the junta will use it to track down political opponents.
The NRSA's latest proposals follow up on its previous proposal to create a media council to regulate the print and online media. This council should also be given the power to grant journalists a permit, which can also be withdrawn if they do not comply with the rules.
The proposals of the NRSA still have to be approved by the NCPO and parliament.
Source: Bangkok Post
And another step towards a police state. Incidentally, it does not prevent anyone from buying a telephone, SIM card and calling minutes in Cambodia or one of the other surrounding countries and then using them unregistered in Thailand for nefarious purposes.
In addition, messages, such as via Whattsapp, are often encrypted in such a way that it is absolutely impossible to decode this with the knowledge available in Thailand.
Closing the unwelcome mouths of journalists and the intelligentsia worldwide has led to extreme misery in most countries where it has been practiced, up to civil war.
I wish the population a lot of strength. For me and my family this is an extra reason to leave Thailand.
Indeed … just like with those new immigration rules … .. Every time you make a trip you have to report this to immigration. Every time you come back you have to report to immigration. We used to make about two to three trips a month. Now we stay at home so that we don't feel like queuing at immigration 3 days a month.... what do you do in a country where you can no longer move freely ?? While most expats here are just good old people who come to spend their pension and piggy bank.
It won't be long before all farangs here will have to walk around with an ankle bracelet. We are also getting less and less in the mood for it…..the intention is pretty clear I thought.
If we invest this money, which it will cost to realize the above, in good education. In the long term, you will then have critically well-trained people who will then determine the course this country should take. Could say a lot more about it, but censorship you know….
They want…!!!! Yes we all want that much. Ban submarines, HSLs, passenger transport in pickups, etc. I don't think anything will come of it. You can also have a third party buy calling minutes. And: every line will turn out to have holes after a while. If only because there are always clever people outside the formal bodies who can get around things / rules.
Thailand is becoming more and more like that other country…. uuuh, what's that country called again… uuuh, Erdoganistan I believe.
Not so long ago the army was sent back to the barracks there. In Thailand, the army has an important, if not very prominent, role, whether or not to the greater glory and approval of many farang sympathizers.
My response is not directed at coup plotters but by individuals who crave absolute power and are willing to achieve their goals by restricting freedoms and silencing opposition.
In “Erdoganistan” it was not the army as a unit that wanted to seize power. The coup plotters had insufficient support in the army and among the population. It was done so amateurishly that it had to fail. Apart from that, it is precisely the man who was targeted for expulsion who violates and undermines civil rights. The couplegers wanted to put an end to that.
We all know (or so I hope) the consequences of that failed coup. That has (fortunately) not yet been shown in Thailand, but those who look further will fear.
Whether the measures will prove effective is less of a question for me than the conclusion that these measures will undoubtedly contribute to the paranoid 'Big Brother' atmosphere of a repressive state that Thailand has become.
Nor does the tightening of visa requirements contribute to the detection of criminal foreigners, but rather to the annoyance of the 99.99% of bona fide foreigners who are treated as potential suspects.
I wonder how it will fare with the equipment that is here and there with which you can top up your calling credit. Fingerprinting and facial scan there too? Don't get crazier.
Nico B