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Thai Court Gives Suspended Sentence to Web Editor
A Thai court on Wednesday convicted a website operator on computer crimes charges for not quickly removing a posting by a blogger deemed offensive to the country’s monarchy. The Bangkok Criminal Court gave an eight-month suspended jail sentence to Chiranuch Premchaiporn for not respecting a court order to promptly remove the comments from her popular news website, Prachatai. She faced up to 20 years in prison. Judge Kampol Rungrat told the court that the comments …
A Thai court on Wednesday convicted a website operator on computer crimes charges for not quickly removing a posting by a blogger deemed offensive to the country’s monarchy.
The Bangkok Criminal Court gave an eight-month suspended jail sentence to Chiranuch Premchaiporn for not respecting a court order to promptly remove the comments from her popular news website, Prachatai. She faced up to 20 years in prison.
Judge Kampol Rungrat told the court that the comments …
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Thai Court Gives Suspended Sentence to Web Editor
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Thai Army Denies Twitter Claims on Spread of Propaganda
Twitter’s blockage of the 926 accounts came two weeks after Thailand brought police complaints against Facebook, Twitter and Instagram for not fully complying with court orders to take down content on their platforms deemed defamatory to Thailand’s royalty
Thailand’s army on Friday denied links with around a 1,000 Twitter accounts that the social media company blocked a day earlier saying the military was using them to spread propaganda and target the opposition.
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How Covid-19 triggered a 125% surge in media consumption in Thailand
Globally speaking, the early months of the pandemic saw a dramatic increase in the amount of time people spent accessing information about current events.
The coronavirus pandemic has given rise to an ongoing surge in media consumption, as people around the world seek to remain updated on the rapidly changing crisis.
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The TikTok Strategy: Using AI Platforms to Take Over the World
Hugely popular with teenagers and millennials, TikTok – known as DouYin in China – is a social media application used for creating and sharing short videos. Lasting 15 seconds or less, the typical clip features fun music, a skit, lip-sync, dance or light-hearted humour.
A curious combination of prediction-technology and human censors enables ByteDance to create a dynamic global video ecosystem.
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Thailand strengthens COVID-19 control measures
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Thai Exports to grow 4% in 2021
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Thai Government imposes ban on gatherings over New Year 2021 holidays
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Thai cabinet allows illegal migrant workers to sign up for 2-year work permit
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