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    Tweet smell of rebellion

    News, Published on 30/01/2012

    » The announcement last week by Twitter that it can control its users country-by-country is certain to cause the company much grief. For a company founded on the ideal of free speech, Twitter now will have to bear the burden of deciding just how free it should be. The company is less than six years old, but Twitter and its "tweets" have gained a worldwide foothold. Far beyond its use as a social link, the micro-blogging service has been credited with serving government, opposition and anti-establishment groups alike, including rebellions like the Arab Spring. Now Twitter has unleashed a powerful new force which it may not be able to control.

  • OPINION

    Perfumed joss stick

    News, Published on 30/01/2012

    » I taught at universities in Bangkok for several years and how I wish I had had students like Abhinya Sawatvarakorn (''Joss Stick stands alone, defiant and unapologetic'', Sunday Post, Jan 29).

  • OPINION

    Khao Sod Editorial

    News, Published on 30/01/2012

    » The government has agreed in principle to compensate the families of civilians and government officials killed in the troubled Deep South. This will help lessen the longstanding conflict in the Muslim-dominated region.

  • OPINION

    Communication blame-game helps no one

    News, Veera Prateepchaikul, Published on 30/01/2012

    » The Bangkok Metropolitan Administration came under heavy fire by Pheu Thai ministers over its alleged foot dragging in implementing flood prevention projects when the cabinet met last Tuesday. At the meeting, Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra urged all relevant agencies responsible for flood prevention to start working immediately and to show some results in two weeks time, otherwise the budgets already allocated to them would be recalled.

  • OPINION

    The 'Fan Club' phenomenon

    Life, Usnisa Sukhsvasti, Published on 30/01/2012

    » I recently came into contact with a social phenomenon known as the "Fan Club".

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