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Is this database a bigger threat than Facebook?
News, Matt Laslo, Published on 18/04/2018
» The use of algorithms to track people's online movements has generated lots of discussion in Washington in recent days. But while the headlines have focused on Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg and just what his platform knows about us, a lesser-known tracking story could prove an even greater threat to the bedrock principles of the nation's constitutionally-mandated free press.
Update the computer law
News, Editorial, Published on 18/04/2018
» If events over the past two weeks do not convince the government to write an actual law covering computer fraud, maybe nothing will. The first unfortunate event was to threaten a Chiang Mai magazine editor with a computer crime charge over something that had nothing to do with computers (or crime, come to that). The second was the reluctant admission by the country's second mobile phone company of security misbehaviour, putting tens of thousands of customers at risk. That is not a crime.
Laying siege to the City of Angels
News, Suranand Vejjajiva, Published on 18/04/2018
» The appointment of Sakoltee Phattiyakul as deputy governor of Bangkok by Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha through the use of Section 44 has been seen as a move by the regime to take control of the Bangkok Metropolitan Administration (BMA) and pave a path towards securing votes in the capital for the election in the near future.
Seeing through the smokescreen of spin
News, Sanitsuda Ekachai, Published on 18/04/2018
» Just as the protests against the judiciary's housing estate on sacred Doi Suthep in Chiang Mai reach their height, the protesters have been thrown off guard by seemingly coordinated spin to detract and discredit their moves.
Turf wars due as campaigns getting ready
News, Soonruth Bunyamanee, Published on 18/04/2018
» The political situation is expected to heat up after several key players clarified their positions over Thai New Year.