Anti-Fake News Centre in action

By THE NATION

 

Minister Buddhipongse Punakanta

 

The Anti-Fake News Centre, set up by the Digital Economy and Society Ministry at the TOT headoffice on Changwattana Road, was inaugurated today (November 1).

 

Minister Buddhipongse Punakanta says the centre targets fake news that would trigger a large-scale impact on the general public and their assets, such as those related to epidemic, disaster, environment and the economy.

 

Also targeted are news that would create social rifts and undermine the country's image.

 

Its main role is to monitor the news on online social media channels. If news with fake content is found, it will coordinate with related state agencies to produce an accurate coverage of the same news.

 

The centre has also launched www.antifakenewscenter.comhomepage where people can check the list of fake news.

 

Source: https://www.nationthailand.com/news/30377990

 

-- © Copyright The Nation Thailand 2019-11-01

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Fake news?  Who be the judge?  This could become more than just an excuse to censor certain people, pod casts, and other venues...but could be used to morph into an excuse to incarcerate people who disagree publicly with Thai officialdom...????

Followed the link to the site - could not see a "button" to choose Pasa Angkrit (English).

It has a picture of what I believe is Mount Everest on the home page....surely they don't believe that mountains outside LoS cannot be higher than Doi Intanon ? Probably.

 

This department might be linked to the other government agency set up by the junta - Anti Corruption ?

all fake news is from the left, who also have an agenda against Thailand

 

keep the good work up

I read a really dodgy article the other day, something about lots more tourists than last year, how do I report it?

If Prawit says, her watches are borrowed from a dead friend, it´s fake news or not? If the TAT says that the number of tourists is massive increasing, it´s fake news or not. And what about the growing economy what the government says? I am confused.

"Also targeted are news that would create social rifts and undermine the country's image. " 

 

All one need to know to understand how much this centre really is about fake news. 

this is censorship pure and simple

 

another step closer to China 

6 hours ago, Puchaiyank said:

Fake news?  Who be the judge?  This could become more than just an excuse to censor certain people, pod casts, and other venues...but could be used to morph into an excuse to incarcerate people who disagree publicly with Thai officialdom...????

Did anyone think it was going to be anything else than described above. 

7 hours ago, Puchaiyank said:

Fake news?  Who be the judge?  This could become more than just an excuse to censor certain people, pod casts, and other venues...but could be used to morph into an excuse to incarcerate people who disagree publicly with Thai officialdom...????

This one of those topics for which you only need a half a brain to understand.

 

Of course it's designed to provide some 'legal' framework to trigger the Cyber Martial Law act, which was in itself a ratcheting up of the Computer Crime Act.

 

Both of these are designed to stifle any anti establishment thoughts or comments.

 

Buckle Up boys, and maybe think again about shelling out a few $ for that VPN!

5 hours ago, Okis said:

"Also targeted are news that would create social rifts and undermine the country's image. " 

 

All one need to know to understand how much this centre really is about fake news. 

A government agency to monitor the news; ya think? 

It should go without saying but I have seen a lot of "official" news recently that's more damaging to the country's image than fake news could ever hope to be...

Will they also ban the BBC and ABC from thai tv?

Reporting Fake news....Lets start with the Government.????

10 hours ago, snoop1130 said:

fake news that would trigger a large-scale impact on the general public and their assets, such as those related to epidemic, disaster, environment and the economy

Now I know why TAT's figures are so 'optimistic'.

10 hours ago, snoop1130 said:

Also targeted are news that would create social rifts and undermine the country's image.

Thailand is becoming a mini China. 

 

Has nothing to do with fake news. 

 

Most of us know Thailand and Thais. 

 

This is about controlling negative messages. 

 

Anything they don't like will be censored or buried under 3x opposing stories. 

8 hours ago, CNXexpat said:

If Prawit says, her watches are borrowed from a dead friend, it´s fake news or not? If the TAT says that the number of tourists is massive increasing, it´s fake news or not. And what about the growing economy what the government says? I am confused.

Her watches?????

You are confused.

????????????????

This must be a huge department

1 hour ago, Jessi said:

Reporting Fake news....Lets start with the Government.????

But is fake news from a fake government really fake...or would that be considered genuine fake news ?

50 minutes ago, overherebc said:

Her watches?????

You are confused.

????????????????

He knows of something else old fatty is hiding under those layers of lard.

Thailand unveils 'anti-fake news' centre to police the internet

By Patpicha Tanakasempipat

 

The sign of Anti-Fake News center is pictured in Bangkok, Thailand, November 1, 2019. REUTERS/Patpicha Tanakasempipat

 

BANGKOK (Reuters) - Thailand unveiled an "anti-fake news" centre on Friday, the Southeast Asian country's latest effort to exert government control over a sweeping range of online content.

 

The move came as Thailand is counting on the digital economy to drive growth amid domestic political tensions, following a March election that installed its junta leader since 2014 as a civilian prime minister.

 

Thailand has recently pressed more cybercrime charges for what it says is misinformation affecting national security. Such content is mostly opinion critical of the government, the military or the royal family.

 

Minister of Digital Economy and Society Puttipong Punnakanta broadly defined "fake news" as any viral online content that misleads people or damages the country's image. He made no distinction between non-malicious false information and deliberate disinformation.

 

"The centre is not intended to be a tool to support the government or any individual," Puttipong said on Friday before giving reporters a tour.

 

The centre is set up like a war room, with monitors in the middle of the room showing charts tracking the latest "fake news" and trending Twitter <TWTR.N> hashtags.

 

It is staffed by around 30 officers at a time, who will review online content - gathered through "social listening" tools - on a sweeping range of topics from natural disasters, the economy, health products and illicit goods.

 

The officers will also target news about government policies and content that broadly affects "peace and order, good morals, and national security," according to Puttipong.

 

If they suspect something is false, they will flag it to relevant authorities to issue corrections through the centre's social media platforms and website and through the press.

 

Rights groups and media freedom advocates were concerned the government could use the centre as a tool for censorship and propaganda.

 

"In the Thai context, the term 'fake news' is being weaponized to censor dissidents and restrict our online freedom," said Emilie Pradichit, director of the Thailand-based Manushya Foundation, which advocates for online rights.

 

Pradichit said the move could be used to codify censorship, adding the centre would allow the government to be the "sole arbiter of truth".

 

Transparency reports from internet companies such as Facebook<FB.O> and Google <GOOGL.O> show Thai government requests to take down content or turn over information have ramped up since the military seized power in 2014.

 

A law prohibiting criticism of the monarchy has often been the basis for such requests for Facebook. In Google's cases, government criticism was the main reason cited for removal of content.

 

(Reporting by Patpicha Tanakasempipat; Editing by Kay Johnson and Frances Kerry)

 

-- © Copyright Reuters 2019-11-02

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If it's true can it still be fake like defamation?

google wikileaks glimmerglass.

 

https://wikileaks.org/spyfiles/document/glimmerglass/55_glimmerglass-cybersweep/

 

and that was 10 years ago.

 

2 hours ago, alant said:

This must be a huge department

I know that “his“ is correct. I haven't seen that my phone's auto-corection changed it to “her“.

So they are using listening devices that will latch on and flag key words and so stop any matter of free thought or expression that they deem fit. Very sorry times for the Thai people. And for that fact we better mind our P's and Q's on this forum a lot better as well as this could possibly be a glass house.

What's next - a Thai version of the Little Red Book?

China has been coaching Thailand on the virtues of controlling the populace for years this is not a suprise.

3 hours ago, rooster59 said:

Rights groups and media freedom advocates were concerned the government could use the centre as a tool for censorship and propaganda.

A country known for its fairness and transparency? Nonsense, there is nothing to fear as long as you say nothing. 

2 hours ago, holy cow cm said:

So they are using listening devices that will latch on and flag key words and so stop any matter of free thought or expression that they deem fit.

Ever heard o Echelon....?

13 hours ago, smedly said:

this is censorship pure and simple

 

another step closer to China 

And the UK.