Act now covers simple possession of offensive material

[Jonmarleesco]

Would that include politicians, I wonder? Watching porn on their phones whilst supposedly addressing government business. 

 

And I would have thought doctoring the images of certain politicians would enhance their image. 

[Orton Rd]

What next, all citizens to have the same haircuts and be in bed by 9.30 PM? They had better start building a lot of prisons.

[sammieuk1]

Sentence's could run into the after life for 2tb+ stashes.

[irwinfc]

i see porn everyday and twice on a sunday. there's pornpimon, pornthip, tanaporn, siriporn, somporn, chuleeporn, kamalaporn... thailand is full of porn

[NextStationBangkok]

1 hour ago, helloagain said:

Having porn is illegal but visiting the porn industry in thailand is not. Massage. Bar girls/whores. Street girls. So bangla patong and pat pong and soi cowboy and nana plaza bangkok or even half of pattaya will be closed down with immediate affect yes or no.

 

Despite of visas, these places are full enough. So, the idea is to make you come out of your room and go entertain with them.

 

Economic plan Ver. 5.0.

[ttrd]

18 hours ago, rkidlad said:

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

With other words - Do NOT bring your camera nor your phone to Thailand....

 

Follow The precautionary principle by keeping your eyes CLOSED during your stay in Thailand as the next thing might be that your short-term memory will be scanned on departure...;)

[baboon]

14 hours ago, Rc2702 said:

Will delete my lamyai concert videos asap.

You should do that anyway, regardless of any new laws. And get a hearing test while you are at it...

[Skeptic7]

10 hours ago, Crazy world said:

Many Thais to be arrested soon 

Many "every bodies"! 

[Dustdevil]

Another question is--Who decides what's pornographic and who decides what's false information? If the bible thumpers in Alabama decided what porno was, photos of women in the United States would have them in Victorian dresses and sun bonnets like "The Handmaid's Tale." If Trump decided what was fake news, it would be everything except what came out of his mouth. In Thailand? total chaos if they try to enforce this.

[ksamuiguy]

I don't see where there is a problem unless you use the information against another person.

 

I don't see anything in the law, or new preventing possession for personal use! 

 

I see a lot of soft ware being sold 1

 

[dinsdale]

19 hours ago, webfact said:

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

The grip tightens.

[jmacken306]

19 hours ago, rkidlad said:

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

If all parties are consenting adults, what happens behind closed doors should be NO BUSINESS of the governments!

[mikiea]

19 hours ago, rkidlad said:

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

way to much time on their hands .......way to much 

[SiSePuede419]

18 hours ago, seahorse said:

Ten reasons why countries fall apart

Then probably Google Daydream Virtual reality goggles won't really "take off" here ?

[SiSePuede419]

10 minutes ago, Dustdevil said:

Another question is--Who decides what's pornographic and who decides what's false information? If the bible thumpers in Alabama decided what porno was, photos of women in the United States would have them in Victorian dresses and sun bonnets like "The Handmaid's Tale." If Trump decided what was fake news, it would be everything except what came out of his mouth. In Thailand? total chaos if they try to enforce this.

They know it when they see it. ?

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/I_know_it_when_I_see_it

[csabo]

1 hour ago, Easy Come Easy Go said:

What if you have a video of yourself and a girlfriend getting down and dirty? I mean, what's the harm in videoing yourselves in the throws of sexual ecstasy? Would they classify that as pornographic content lol? I would consider it a home video

Depends on content.  Post your videos for opinions.

[AlQaholic]

"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."

 

Everything I see on TV, especially when spoken by Prayut, fits the description above........

[mikiea]

1 hour ago, twizzian said:

As long as your porn content is on a DVD and not the computer, you’ll be fine.

yes , it is like the retractable wheels on the new sub's  , as long as they are up , you will be fine .....and when they are down all hell breaks loose on the expressways , torpedoes a flying everywhere . 

[binjalin]

Horrible, horrible how Thailand is turning into a 'mini'North Korea' and as every day goes by they believe their own 'righteousness' more and more and their delusions that they are the 'Saviours of Thailand' is very, very dangerous.

[RichardColeman]

I guess the days of having a fag and a beer on the beach whist watching porn are behind me then. Just have to get used to having a coke whilst standing in a sea of turds playing candy crush !  

 

[sanuk711]

5 minutes ago, binjalin said:

Horrible, horrible how Thailand is turning into a 'mini'North Korea'

Possible you mean South Korea--- most people on here don't even bother to Google who has what laws -

 

South Korea --Yes not North--Anyone caught leaving anonymous comments on a blog with more than 100,000 readers will see a five-year prison term. If that’s not enough, you can receive a maximum of three years for libel, even if you can prove a statement is true.

[Guderian]

Prostitution is illegal in Thailand too, but who gives a <deleted>?

[khunpa]

25 minutes ago, binjalin said:

Horrible, horrible how Thailand is turning into a 'mini'North Korea' and as every day goes by they believe their own 'righteousness' more and more and their delusions that they are the 'Saviours of Thailand' is very, very dangerous.

Laws have changed, but I do not see any real changes to everyday life  - except a worse economy.

 

Thais are very patient and accepting to all stuff that does not affect them personally and hurt their wallet.

 

I am personally not worried about e.g. strange smoking or computer laws. There has always been strange laws and coruption here.

 

The bad economy is what is going to at some point create a real counter reaction. That scares me more than anything.

Edited November 24, 2017 by khunpa

[IamNoone88]

There is no prison big enough! Another daft idea.

[johnarth]

15 hours 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.

maybe DVDs don't count, the bigwigs have to have a legal way to watch

[Essaybloke]

15 hours ago, Denim said:

 

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

...or 'notional security...'  

[khunpa]

16 minutes ago, Guderian said:

Prostitution is illegal in Thailand too, but who gives a f***?

Exactly!!! And that is also why this computer law will be out of people’s minds in less than 24 hours...

 

Nobody here cares about these Ting-Tong “We can all go to Jail”-laws. Thats also why they have no effect at all.

Edited November 24, 2017 by khunpa

[merlen10002]

19 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.

Thailand is much better now with Prayuth than any of the previous corrupt incompetent Governments  previously . 

[davidst01]

14 hours ago, SABloke said:

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.

does clearing the browser history delete these cache files?

 

thanks

[sawadeeken]

I never gave this much thought ....TILL NOW.............

 

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