Act now covers simple possession of offensive material

[webfact]

Act now covers simple possession of offensive material

By The Nation

 

 

Bangkok-based rights group iLaw has warned that anyone with pornographic material on their computers or other data deemed illegal could be jailed.

 

The group noted in a Facebook post this week that Section 16 of the Computer Act was revised last December to protect the dignity, reputation and personal information of any “damaged parties”.

 

Section 14 of the legislation sets out other types of material considered illegal that also could be ordered destroyed by a court.

 

It covers false information, including any deemed likely to damage national or economic security or the public at large, information constituting a crime under the Penal Code, and information of a “vulgar” character.

 

Section 16 covers any image of another person that’s been electronically doctored in such a way that it could hurt that person’s reputation.

 

Section 16/1 says a court could order such data destroyed, order its ruling published in various media outlets as appropriate at the defendant’s expense, and order other remedial measures for damage caused.

 

Failure to obey a court order to destroy illegal data as covered in Section 14 and Section 16 will face punishment in half of what is stated as punishments for those violated the Section 14 and 16. The Section 14 is punishable by up to two years and six months in jail or a fine of up to Bt50,000, while Section 16 is punishable by up to one year and six months in jail or a fine of up to Bt100,000.

 

The rights group said keeping illegal data on a personal computer or online, whether for personal use or public access, was a violation of Section 16/2.

 

The revisions to the Computer Act gave the court the authority to order such data destroyed and specified that possession alone was a crime. Previously the court could only rule that posting such data online was a crime.

 

Source: http://www.nationmultimedia.com/detail/breakingnews/30332336

 

-- © Copyright The Nation 2017-11-23

[Reigntax]

My computer holds information from Prayuth promising elections by at least 5 previous dates.  Would someone please charge him for distributing false information, totally wrecking any chance the country had of any reasonable reputation and his contribution for lowering the medium intelligence level of the human race. That is, if he qualifies.

Edited November 23, 2017 by Reigntax

[rkidlad]

They're really turning the screw now. These crazy ideas never lead to anywhere good. 

[Sid Celery]

4 minutes ago, rkidlad said:

They're really turning the screw now. These crazy ideas never lead to anywhere good. 

 

They are indeed. Step outside your front door and sniff the wind. The smell of fear gets stronger with each  day passing. That nice Mr Prayuth and Mr Piggy must surely be having a really good home life right about now. Mum and the girls getting really stressed. Prem and one other yet to die and taking their own sweet time about it - one of which will call for a postponement of elections so perhaps that one won't happen just yet.

 

And the new head boy. Well... I'll bet he's feeling just peachy. I feel an extended overseas trip coming on.

[seahorse]

Ten reasons why countries fall apart

Quote

6. Elites block new technologies

[Jools]

"National security".  Thailand must have the broadest definition in the history of civilization.

[Misterwhisper]

Scary, scary, scary.

 

This country is truly accelerating its descent into becoming a full-blown authoritarian police state. I' actually wanted to use another adjective instead of "authoritarian." It starts with an f. But spelling it out probably would violate this insane act, too.

 

I also better hurry and shred my foreign cooking recipes that make illegal use of Thai jasmine rice, because these surely must pose a tremendous danger for national security. 

[ZeVonderBearz]

Is busting a nut in Thailand illegal? Asking for a friend. 

[SoulWater]

Not sure about anyone else but I have just placed all my electronic devices in a bucket of water

[Rc2702]

Will delete my lamyai concert videos asap.

[SoulWater]

Will this madness ever cease?

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[KMartinHandyman]

Will delete my lamyai concert videos asap.

You could edit them down to 3 hip thrusts only.

[Denim]

Does keeping pictures of Yingluk count as porn ? 

 

Actually .........what a load of hysterical twaddle. Take a walk any day  through klong thom market. More porn cds than you can shake something rhyming with a stick at.

Edited November 23, 2017 by Denim

[Denim]

2 hours ago, Jools said:

"National security".  Thailand must have the broadest definition in the history of civilization.

 

That was probably just a typo. They meant national insecurity.

[KMartinHandyman]

Will this madness ever cease?

Sent from my SM-J710F using Thailand Forum - Thaivisa mobile app

[roamer]

Maybe not a bad thing. It's another turn of the screw and it will take a lot more before the populace decide they have had enough.

[tifino]

 

The Meme and GIF industries will be decimated...

 

 

but, think of one technicality...

be ordered to Crush your Drive - so you go ahead, and faithfully Compress the Data 

[NCC1701A]

so is it porn if it is me and my girlfriend?

 

do you know how many accounts on We Chat have profile photos of sex organs, breasts and rear ends as their main photo? I 'm not sure but so far it is thousands. I am still counting.

 

MORONS!

[SABloke]

I bet cached images (automatically generated/stored by your web browser) will be counted as being "in possesion" so be careful of viewing any 112 related links folks.

[baboon]

Why would they want to bring this in at what is supposed (underlined) to be the run up to elections...?

[jollyhangmon]

1 hour ago, Denim said:

Does keeping pictures of Yingluk count as porn ? 

 

Actually .........what a load of hysterical twaddle. Take a walk any day  through klong thom market. More porn cds than you can shake something rhyming with a stick at.

Thank you good sir, been looking for quite some time now for a comprehensive term to describe a fair lot of the news coming out of that corner in general ...

'Hysterical twaddle' it shall be then.   

[rkidlad]

 

[wakeupplease]

7 hours ago, webfact said:

vulgar” character.

TV best stop putting photos of little p and fat p on here then or they will be in trouble.

[Crazy world]

Many Thais to be arrested soon 

[bangrak]

I admit, I confess: I am guilty of sometimes watching at home pics and clips of 'non-modest' naked (yes, over 18) ladies, maybe even having sex (the horror!), that while I should better contribute to the Thai illegal economy, going out to spend good money watching the same, 'live', behind the curtains of Thai 'special night venues'.

No, no, I am a liar, because there cannot be a thriving sex-industry in a country where prostitution does not exist...

The hypocrisy!

Where will they stop? Was the PM's quote about ladies wearing a bikini possibly a sign of a, deeper, personal, problem...?

[stephen tracy]

11 hours ago, Reigntax said:

My computer holds information from Prayuth promising elections by at least 5 previous dates.  Would someone please charge him for distributing false information, totally wrecking any chance the country had of any reasonable reputation and his contribution for lowering the medium intelligence level of the human race. That is, if he qualifies.

He gave himself amnesty so he can't be charged. You, on the other hand, probably could be charged for keeping information on your computer that could defame him. 

[swissie]

.......and still, plenty of Farangs marrying Thai-Nationals and transferring their live savings to Thailand. Into a country where

 

"lunatics are running the asylum".

Who are the lunatics? The ones that administer lunacy as a new state religion or those that accept lunacy and support it by investing their live-savings in a country where lunacy reighns?

In the old days, it was sufficient to wear "rose coloured glasses". These days one needs very dark glasses in order not to see what is happening in Thailand. Good luck.
Cheers.

[Jingthing]

Hmm.

Well, if you need to take a device in for repair, you're gonna need an ASEXUAL repair person.

 

[cyberfarang]

8 hours ago, NCC1701A said:

so is it porn if it is me and my girlfriend?

 

do you know how many accounts on We Chat have profile photos of sex organs, breasts and rear ends as their main photo? I 'm not sure but so far it is thousands. I am still counting.

 

MORONS!

Good points. Regarding pornography, what is considered illegal? If someone has porn videos or photos on their computer, nothing under aged or too weird, is that a criminal offence in Thailand. Not very clear.

[dinsdale]

Look to our neighbour to the east for future direction. Death of 'Democracy' in Cambodia. Now a true despot. Will this be Thailand's future?