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Govt tackles copyright qualms as part of charm offensive
Phusadee Arunmas, Published on 23/08/2022
» The amendment to the copyright law on Tuesday is aimed at boosting the country’s digital content industry, according to the Ministry of Commerce.
Prosecutors blunder in rush to announce Premchai sentencing
Published on 08/12/2021
» The Office of the Attorney General was in such a hurry to spread the news of tycoon Premchai Karnasuta's sentencing in the "black leopard case", they called a rushed press conference and gave out the wrong information.
Visualising the infodemic
News, Atiya Achakulwisut, Published on 08/11/2021
» The government needs to be faster and be more precise in dealing with fake news, especially fake news concerning Covid-19, said the Minister for Digital Economy and Society, Chaiwut Thanakamanusorn.
PM revokes order to gag free speech
News, Post Reporters, Published on 11/08/2021
» A ban on activities vaguely termed as "the dissemination of information that may frighten people", imposed under the emergency decree, has been revoked, following a court injunction against it.
PM revokes order gagging free speech after court injunction
Online Reporters, Published on 10/08/2021
» Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha has revoked an order restricting freedom of speech under Section 9 of the emergency decree after the Civil Court issued an injunction against its use.
Journos weigh in on 'fake news' ban
News, Post Reporters, Published on 31/07/2021
» Media veterans and organisations recently met to discuss the government's effort to ban the distribution of 'fake news' or information it alleges stokes public fears and causes disruption as it tries to deal with an escalating Covid-19 death toll. Attendees and speakers retaliated with their own counterclaim that the media has become a scapegoat for the government's struggle to justify remaining in office following a number of missteps in its handling of the outbreak.
Chaiwut warns against spreading fake news
News, Post Reporters, Published on 17/07/2021
» More than 20 million Thais shared so-called fake news on the internet during the past nine months, according to the Ministry of Digital, Economy and Society (DES), which said in that same period it monitored more than 145 million messages from online platforms.
Hotline clears Covid-19 barriers
News, Published on 07/05/2020
» When Maw la Myine, 45, was a child growing up in poverty-stricken Mon state in Myanmar, he dreamed of becoming a lawyer to help his people understand the law and seek justice.
Doctor’s death shows risk of fake news crackdown
Bloomberg News, Published on 07/02/2020
» HONG KONG: Governments across Asia are stepping up arrests over a growing scourge of misinformation related to the coronavirus outbreak, even as outrage grows in China over how early virus whistleblowers were punished for spreading falsehoods after one of the doctors passed away.
'Tampon tax' is fake news, insists govt
News, Post Reporters, Published on 18/12/2019
» The government's campaign against "fake news" took a bizarre turn yesterday when Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha spoke out to try and scotch a rumour that a 40% tax would be imposed on tampons.