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Court orders ISPs to shut down 8 internet political commentators
Komsan Tortermvasana, Published on 02/06/2021
» Internet service providers have been served with court orders to close or remove from their computers the accounts of eight individuals deemed to have posted fake news on websites and social networks, Digital Economy and Society Minister Chaiwut Thanakhamanusorn said on Wednesday.
State mulls ID linkages for social media
Business, Komsan Tortermvasana, Published on 31/05/2021
» Security agencies and the Digital Economy and Society (DES) Ministry are seeking ways to supervise usage of social media and are considering linking users' registration on platforms with their ID cards as a way to combat fake news, illicit content and fraud.
Govt eyes defamation case against MFP after Thamanat ruling
News, Komsan Tortermvasana, Published on 08/05/2021
» The Digital Economy and Society (DES) Ministry says it will file a defamation lawsuit against the Move Forward Party (MFP) over its harsh criticism of the prime minister following a Constitutional Court ruling on whether Deputy Agriculture and Cooperatives Minister Thamanat Prompow was qualified to serve in the cabinet.
Pundits predict further procrastination at NBTC
Business, Komsan Tortermvasana, Published on 14/04/2021
» Telecom veterans have warned that the selection of new members of the National Broadcasting and Telecommunications Commission (NBTC) board will not be easy and is unlikely to be accomplished in a single attempt due to the conditions contained in the amended NBTC Act.
NT may ditch 700MHz range over viability worries
Business, Komsan Tortermvasana, Published on 09/03/2021
» National Telecom (NT), a merged unit of TOT and CAT Telecom, is weighing whether to abandon the 700-megahertz frequency range CAT won from last year's 5G spectrum auction by forgoing the licence payment following its concerns about the viability of moving into the 5G business, says a source close to the NT board who requested anonymity.
All eyes on next NBTC board
Business, Komsan Tortermvasana, Published on 08/03/2021
» With the new round of recruitment for the National Broadcasting and Telecommunications Commission (NBTC) board scheduled for this month, players in the telecom, broadcasting and innovation industries are monitoring the process as another derailment -- three times in three years -- could jeopardise previous plans put forward by the regulator.
Ouster of DES minister likely to complicate NT operations
Business, Komsan Tortermvasana, Published on 26/02/2021
» The dismissal of Digital Economy and Society (DES) Minister Buddhipongse Punnakanta based on a court ruling Wednesday is expected to affect the structuring of the state enterprise National Telecom (NT) board and the company's 5G business plan, said a source at the ministry who requested anonymity.
MCOT asks NBTC to pay off Playwork
Business, Komsan Tortermvasana, Published on 02/02/2021
» State-owned public broadcaster MCOT has requested the telecom regulator deliver partial compensation for the 2600-megahertz spectrum recall to its former pay TV partner Playwork directly, instead of letting it be responsible for dividing and providing the sum to the company.
Playwork seeks to void NBTC ruling
Business, Komsan Tortermvasana, Published on 01/02/2021
» Playwork, a former pay TV partner of state-owned public broadcaster MCOT, has lodged a petition with the Central Administrative Court, asking it to nullify the National Broadcasting and Telecommunications Commission's (NBTC) resolution that approved 3.23 billion baht in compensation for the 2600-megahertz spectrum recall from MCOT.
Jab video faces chop after court decision
News, Komsan Tortermvasana, Published on 01/02/2021
» The Criminal Court has ordered the Progressive Movement (PM) to erase Thanathorn Juangroongruangkit's video that criticises the government's Covid-19 vaccination plan while police are considering a lese majeste charge against him.