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Prasert prioritises online fraud
Business, Komsan Tortermvasana, Published on 05/09/2023
» Prasert Chanthararuangthong, the newly appointed Digital Economy and Society (DES) minister, has given top priority to suppressing rampant online fraud and call centre scams.
Pattaya gun video exposed as hoax
Gary Boyle, Published on 03/08/2023
» A recent video clip showing a group of tourists being held at gunpoint at a hill viewpoint in Pattaya has turned out to be a hoax, and the Myanmar workers who participated in the prank now risk imprisonment, according to Pattaya police.
Man sold data of 2m people to betting sites
News, Post Reporters, Published on 16/07/2023
» The Cyber Crime Investigation Bureau (CCIB) has arrested a man for selling the personal data of two million people to online gambling websites.
Activists navigate defamation minefield
Published on 10/06/2023
» Sutharee Wannasiri knew the poultry company had violated labour laws. She went on Twitter in 2017 to share a video containing an interview with an employee who said he had to work day and night with no day off.
Poll outcome invites shared wisdom
News, Vitit Muntarbhorn, Published on 22/05/2023
» That was the week that was, beginning on May 14, 2023, Thailand's monumental and momentous national election day. The results of the election were historically in favour of democratic change, with the Move Forward Party (MFP) gaining the most seats in the Lower House. It is leading a coalition of parties, aspiring to form the next government and winning over 310 seats in total, despite shenanigans from arch-conservatives.
Cybersecurity key to enhancing trust
Business, Published on 19/05/2023
» With cyber-attacks becoming more frequent, sophisticated and severe globally, foreign investors now more than ever are seeking countries with strong cybersecurity frameworks to ensure the safety of their investments.
Some good news for freedom of speech
Oped, Vitit Muntarbhorn, Published on 13/05/2023
» The World Press Freedom Day, concurrently May 3, was celebrated recently with a panel discussion at the Foreign Correspondents' Club of Thailand, which provided a fresh opportunity to catch up with news, especially on Thailand. It was also an occasion to reflect on international developments concerning the shrinking space for the free flow of information ("info-inhibition") in various settings.
A broken system
Life, Suwitcha Chaiyong, Published on 24/04/2023
» Last year, Mintra Chuawangkham, better known as Minton, a young female influencer with 3.5 million followers on TikTok and 1.92 million subscribers on YouTube, revealed in a video that she had been stalked and sexually harassed by a security guard for a year. The security guard also created a fake Facebook account pretending to be her. The fake account defamed the influencer by posting false information about their sexual relationship. He created a fake marriage licence and tried to deceive other people into believing that they were a couple. He also posted many creepy messages which expressed his sexual desire for her on social media.
Data theft soldier surrenders
Wassayos Ngamkham, Published on 12/04/2023
» An army sergeant major who claimed to have obtained the personal digitalised data of 55 million Thais surrendered to police on Wednesday and confessed he just wanted to be in the spotlight.
Boy's suicide leads to woman's arrest for swindling
Wassayos Ngamkham, Published on 11/01/2023
» A woman has been arrested for public swindle after a teenage student she is alleged to have cheated out of 14,000 baht he invested with her committed suicide.