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Chaiwut vows to thwart fake news
Business, Komsan Tortermvasana and Suchit Leesa-nguansuk, Published on 25/03/2021
» Newly appointed Digital Economy and Society (DES) Minister Chaiwut Thanakhamanusorn has promised to stymie fake news and illicit content as part of the Anti-Fake News Centre's (AFNC) mission that forms a core part of government policy.
Digital hub status 'within reach'
News, Dumrongkiat Mala and Komsan Tortermvasana, Published on 12/11/2020
» Thailand is setting its sights on boosting its digital infrastructure and creating an ecosystem that will position it as the digital hub of Asean, a seminar was told on Wednesday.
Social media, social discord
Business, Suchit Leesa-nguansuk and Komsan Tortermvasana, Published on 26/10/2020
» Social media has permeated a broad range of activities in people's daily lives, from interacting with friends to running businesses, from catching up with celebrities to staying tuned to the news.
Tech giants face action over URLs
News, Suchit Leesa-nguansuk, Published on 22/09/2020
» The Digital Economy and Society (DES) Ministry will on Thursday submit more evidence to police to take legal action against social media platforms that do not obey the law and remove URLs deemed inappropriate.
Huawei invests B475m in 5G research hub at Depa
Business, Suchit Leesa-nguansuk, Published on 22/09/2020
» Huawei Thailand is investing 475 million baht to establish a 5G ecosystem innovation centre at the Digital Economy Promotion Agency's (Depa) headquarters to research 5G use cases and incubate 100 local small and medium-sized enterprises and startups for three years.
Free WiFi soon for select communities
KOMSAN TORTERMVASANA, Published on 31/08/2020
» The Digital Economy and Society (DES) Ministry plans to roll out free WiFi services for urban communities, starting with 10 communities from Oct 1.
DES: Facebook won't take legal action
News, Komsan Tortermvasana, Published on 27/08/2020
» Minister of Digital Economy and Society (DES) Buddhipongse Punnakanta on Wednesday said he does not believe Facebook will take legal action against the government and the DES Ministry in relation to past legal requests since the platform has cooperated well with previous requests.
Facebook to challenge govt demand to block monarchy discussion group
Reuters, Published on 25/08/2020
» Facebook said on Tuesday it was planning to legally challenge the Thai government after being "compelled" to block access within Thailand to a group with 1 million members that discusses the monarchy.
Applications for NBTC board to start this month
Business, Komsan Tortermvasana, Published on 06/08/2020
» The application period for new board members of the National Broadcasting and Telecommunications Commission (NBTC) is expected to begin this month.
Dashing the gamer dream
Business, Suchit Leesa-Nguansuk, Komsan Tortermvasana and Tharittawat Samejaidee, Published on 13/07/2020
» Game casters and e-sports players have become the careers young people dream of, and they follow up by training hard to achieve their goal. But the recent push for a new draft law governing the sector with an aim to protect children from violent games has caused panic throughout the industry.