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  • THAILAND

    Pokemon Go sparks safety fears

    Business, Komsan Tortermvasana, Published on 29/07/2016

    » The national telecom regulator is considering measures to cope with possible incidents stemming from the new mobile gaming phenomenon, Pokemon Go, due to hit Thailand in September.

  • BUSINESS

    Data legal upgrade sparks concerns

    Business, Suchit Leesa-nguansuk, Published on 17/08/2021

    » The upgraded regulation for the required retention of computer traffic data or log files that reach out to social media has sparked concerns about freedom of expression as it can lead to the unveiling of the identity of users on the platforms.

  • BUSINESS

    Digital platform law spelled out

    Business, Published on 22/06/2023

    » A royal decree meant to regulate digital platforms will take effect on Aug 21, intended to transparently govern operators and promote consumer protection, says Digital Economy and Society Minister Chaiwut Thanakamanusorn.

  • OPINION

    How tyrants use tech to spy on us all

    News, Published on 08/02/2023

    » Parmy Olson: You're the co-authors of a new book, Pegasus: How a Spy In Your Pocket Threatens the End of Privacy, Dignity, and Democracy, which tells the story of Pegasus, a powerful spyware developed by the Israeli cybersecurity firm NSO Group. In recent years, a range of governments around the world purchased this technology, allowing them to gain remote-control access to people's mobile phones without their knowledge. In 2020, a secret source leaked a list to your team of investigative journalists in Paris that contained 50,000 phone numbers that NSO Group's clients wanted to spy on. Among the names on the list were French president Emmanuel Macron, the Saudi dissident Jamal Khashoggi and a raft of journalists, including your own colleagues.

  • OPINION

    The tragic misbehaviour of big business

    Oped, Published on 07/10/2022

    » Are successful businesspeople more like heroes or villains? In fictional accounts, one can find plenty of examples of each, from Charles Dickens's miserly Ebenezer Scrooge to Ayn Rand's rugged individualist entrepreneur John Galt. In F Scott Fitzgerald's The Great Gatsby, Tom Buchanan represents privileged old money, with its ruthlessness and incapacity for empathy, whereas Jay Gatsby is a self-made millionaire with no shortage of sentimentality and idealism.

  • OPINION

    Making sure net-zero pledges really count

    Oped, Published on 28/09/2022

    » Walking down a Toronto street recently I saw an ad touting a fossil-fuel company's net-zero credentials. But to see such belief-straining claims, I would not even need to leave my house.

  • BUSINESS

    Explainer: What is PDPA, Thailand's new data law?

    Business, Janine Phakdeetham, Published on 01/06/2022

    » Thailand's drive to provide more comprehensive online safety for individuals begins Wednesday with enforcement of the Personal Data Protection Act (PDPA).

  • TECH

    Tencent Cloud promotes digital shift

    Business, Suchit Leesa-nguansuk, Published on 15/06/2022

    » Amid the volatile global challenges, digital transformation is now more essential than ever for enterprises to survive, stay agile and pursue growth while responding to customer needs.

  • OPINION

    We cannot lose control of technology

    Oped, Vitit Muntarbhorn, Published on 19/01/2022

    » The advent of Covid-19 has accentuated digitalisation and its close linkage with automation, algorithms, and artificial intelligence ("the three A's"). The Asian region interfaces closely with this phenomenon, especially because it is the most populous continent. It is also a region with a large number of non-democracies and semi-democracies. This panorama invites care to prevent misuse of those three As.

  • BUSINESS

    E-service tax law comes into force

    Business, Published on 01/09/2021

    » Thailand will enforce the e-service tax law from Wednesday, following in the footsteps of more than 60 countries around the globe which collect value-added tax (VAT) from foreign e-service operators reaping income in their territories.

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