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Junta Thailand wants to censor internet and social media

By Editorial
Posted in coup in thailand, News from Thailand, Social media
Tags: , ,
May 30, 2014

The Thai army wants more grip on the internet and social media. These channels are also used to protest against the coup and to organize demonstrations.

The military wants that to end. A ban has already been imposed on the distribution of “provocative material”. In addition, those in power now want to filter messages on Facebook, Twitter and Line, among others.

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Incendiary websites will also be taken down. The military rulers have already spoken to the internet providers in Thailand for this. According to an anonymous source, the military wants providers to block websites. That should happen within an hour of the military requesting it.

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Facebook was unavailable for 55 minutes on Wednesday. According to the junta, it was a technical malfunction. Critics believe that it did have to do with the military's desire to control Facebook.

The junta also has plans to merge the 15 different internet providers into one state-controlled and run company.

Source: NOS

Number of times read: 182

12 Responses to “Junta Thailand wants to censor internet and social media”

  1. Albert van Thorn says up
    30 May 2014 at 09: 22

    I think that this filtering of the Internet and other social media is good at the moment in order to be able to locate criminal activities in any form and capacity in time, to create order and peace.
    And it is a good detection method to trace wanted opposites.

    • Khan Peter says up
      30 May 2014 at 09: 48

      Yes, the citizens of North Korea are also very happy that incendiary elements are being dealt with harshly. Thailand is on the right track. Now to expropriate all foreign property in Thailand and then we can sit back and relax.
      Good Lord. I'm so glad I live in the Netherlands!

    • self says up
      30 May 2014 at 14: 10

      @Albert: maybe some background information is useful. Filtering the Internet is not intended to locate criminal activity. What it is intended for, and what the impact can be or become, read:
      http://www.trouw.nl/tr/nl/4496/Buitenland/article/detail/3663988/2014/05/30/In-Thailand-is-nu-meer-repressie-dan-in-Burma-dat-is-absurd.dhtml

  2. Albert van Thorn says up
    30 May 2014 at 10: 04

    Peter you cannot compare these. North Korea is a very different story than Thailand at the moment...the red and yellow sides caused so many problems and no one listened to anyone...so the military did a good job of creating law and order. So comparing North Korea is not appropriate.

  3. wibart says up
    30 May 2014 at 10: 28

    Filtering the internet is a manipulative operation. The Internet has traditionally been a medium where everyone is allowed and able to express his or her opinion. We already know enough examples of attempts to filter this. China, Turkey not so long ago, North Korea, etc. I think that a regime that tries to suppress criticism in this way is a danger to democracy. Thailand used to be a democracy and I hope this will be restored soon, but these kinds of measures are part of a dictatorship or a totalitarian regime, not a democracy. A particularly bad development ;(

  4. Marco says up
    30 May 2014 at 10: 31

    Yes, a country is not a dictatorship overnight, it goes step by step, I wonder what the government will come up with tomorrow.
    And indeed, Peter, I think your comments are very valid.

  5. nuckyt says up
    30 May 2014 at 10: 32

    I completely agree with Khun Peter. Until now we know of Internet censorship from China, Saudi Arabia and other North Korea. If this continues, I will really think about whether I still want to stay here. For me, freedom of information is an inviolable good and in my view blocking is proof of inability. If those in power start using this tool, they are not very sure.

  6. Erik says up
    30 May 2014 at 10: 55

    In Thailand, the internet has been censored for years and the newspapers voluntarily self-censor. Don't tell me it's new.

    TIG (tens of) thousands of websites have been blocked for years because they contain things about the 'house' and about the religion.

    And also a lot of sites that one finds p@rn@ while what is shown there just takes place in many massage tents in this country. Butter on the head. If they can't fill the bags with it, it will be banned.

    The step now is an extra step that gets more attention it deserves. I still live in this country with confidence and Khun Peter's comment is morose and foreign to me.

    • wibart says up
      30 May 2014 at 11: 23

      hmmm. it is a little too easy to ignore the fact that these restrictions are imposed by a regime that came to power through a coup and not restrictions that are the result of being elected by a representative of the people. I think that is extremely important

  7. Erik says up
    30 May 2014 at 10: 56

    The step now is an extra step that gets more attention than it deserves

    Typo, editor, sorry.

  8. henry says up
    30 May 2014 at 11: 22

    Indeed, the internet has been censored here for years, the government has just disappeared and has taken 3000 websites off the net. Telephones have also been tapped for years.
    Here in Thailand people don't worry about that. The average Thai just finds it a bit uncomfortable, by the way, people here communicate more and more with LINE, which is becoming more popular than FB and Twitter.

  9. Rolf says up
    30 May 2014 at 11: 36

    “Filtering” and bringing social media and other internet sites under control is a VERY bad thing (freedom of expression) and indeed only occurs in countries with very authoritarian and bad regimes. Moreover, this is usually doomed to failure because people always manage to reach each other via detours and then those in power are left behind.


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