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A Government Gazette announcement effective immediately forbids news outlets and internet users from spreading fake, damaging or scaremongering news likely to cause instability or trouble among the public.

 

Daily News said that media outlets were being asked to behave responsibly and not distort the facts resulting in damage to state and public security. 

 

The order prohibits anyone from “reporting or disseminating information that may frighten people or that internationally causes misunderstanding about the emergency situation”.

 

The order also gives the National Broadcasting and Telecommunications Commission (NBTC) the authority to obtain IP addresses from internet service providers in a bid to determine where the offending content originated from. The information can then be passed onto the police for investigation.

 

While Thailand already has strict laws which govern the sharing of content online, the new order accelerates the process having offending content removed, internet access blocked for those who post such content before possiblle legal action is taken.

 

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That is scary!

But who decides what's 'true' and what's 'fake' and what's 'scaremongering'?

It's a rhetorical question. ????

Government, what can I say? 

Authorized lies only please.

13 minutes ago, webfact said:

The order prohibits anyone from “reporting or disseminating information that may frighten people or that internationally causes misunderstanding about the emergency situation”.

 

Uhm, what can I say?

 

Nothing apparently.

 

 

 

14 minutes ago, webfact said:

effective immediately

Some decisions doesn't need 100s of meetings and signatures. 

Another sign that things are going down the toilet..

27 minutes ago, webfact said:

that internationally causes misunderstanding about the emergency situation”.

I do hope they mean "intentionally"! 

"Who controls the past controls the future. Who controls the present controls the past."  Orwell, 1984

 

But in reality, all governments consider themselves the arbiters of truth anyway.  A politician's bread and butter is the ability to distort the truth to such an extent that the uninformed and ideological nutbags willingly swallow the lies.  The real problem is the bubble of cognitive dissonance that surrounds much of society.  Let's not discuss the record increased production but apparent rarity of razor blades.

32 minutes ago, webfact said:

The order prohibits anyone from “reporting or disseminating information that may frighten people or that internationally causes misunderstanding about the emergency situation”.

No more COVID news then?

Thank god ...............

 

Jail for telling lies and jail for telling the truth.

Great tactics to create a silent majority (allegedly).

 

2 minutes ago, Bert got kinky said:

 

Jail for telling lies and jail for telling the truth.

Great tactics to create a silent majority (allegedly).

 

I don't understand your problem. If you want to have more freedom of speech you better move to North Korea.

No surprise. The government clearly wants exclusive rights on spreading "their" truth and wants people to dismiss other sources. It is happening everywhere, even "progressive liberals" like Jacinda Ardern, the woke lefty darling of NZ was recently quoted as saying...

 

"take all non-government information with a grain of salt. Dismiss anything else, we will continue to be your single source of truth,”

 

Scary stuff indeed.

 

https://www.theaustralian.com.au/commentary/suppression-plans-straight-from-ccp-play-book/news-story/71242afe71048b13dd88fe3f4c2fafd9

"your honor, when I was begging the government for some quality drugs for my covid I was just asking for some baking flour for my pancake. Honest, sir"

We need to be careful with what we post in the future guys.

Maybe TVF/Aseannow will now need to use caution with their 'creative' translations of Thai news and headlines intended to solicit a certain response from readers.

aka The Truth

1 hour ago, webfact said:

Government Gazette announcement effective immediately forbids news outlets and internet users from spreading fake, damaging or scaremongering news likely to cause instability or trouble among the public.

Ah huh, so nothing damaging even if it’s true…

Edited July 30, 20214 yr by Bluespunk

1 hour ago, webfact said:

The order prohibits anyone from “reporting or disseminating information that may frighten people or that internationally causes misunderstanding about the emergency situation”.

The truth shall not set you free, quite the opposite really. 

1 hour ago, 2long said:

But who decides what's 'true' and what's 'fake' and what's 'scaremongering'?

It's a rhetorical question. ????

I’ll give you three guesses…

15 minutes ago, KeeTua said:

Maybe TVF/Aseannow will now need to use caution with their 'creative' translations of Thai news and headlines intended to solicit a certain response from readers.

Spot on!!  sensational reporting for a reaction to keep up the numbers!! 

 

Much easier to run a thread with photos of the provocative immoral short skirts and tight blouses uniforms of students at university...... a guarantee of a huge response of outrage by us readers after extensive viewing and confirmation.

Does this forum fall under Thai law or Singapore law? 

1 hour ago, webfact said:

A Government Gazette announcement effective immediately forbids news outlets and internet users from spreading fake, damaging  or scaremongering news 

Telling the truth should be OK then or does this fall under the damaging flag - surely not ..........LOL

19 minutes ago, Whale said:

Does this forum fall under Thai law or Singapore law? 

Leave poor Singapore out of it; the company is Hong Kong based, the server Canada (although being distributed via various servers in a country nearest the reader).

 

Edited July 30, 20214 yr by Salerno

Oppression, when used to mask institutional failure is a pathetic thing to witness. Kind of reminds me a bit of Cuba, or North Korea. Both failed states. Very weak, Prayuth. You are a failed man, leading a nearly failed state. 

 

We know you well enough by now. And we know what this ban means. It means all criticism of your failures will be prohibited and enforced by your corrupt and pathetic police. You are a weak man, who is showing his panic, and it only makes your weakness and extreme failures more apparent. And despite the potential dangers, hopefully few of us will take these threats to heart and submit to your CCP type tactics. 

 

Based on the number of cases, the lack of a lockdown around Samut, that infamous day back in December, the issues at the borders with migrant crossings and YOUR super corrupt border officials, the incredibly feeble vaccination drives taking place thus far, the bizarre bans on some businesses but not others, (transparent cronyism and massive corruption) the curfews, and the incoherent plan in terms of travel to a from highly infected areas, and the highly selective enforcement of closures, it seems safe to say that the credit the government was given during the first wave was misplaced, and undeserved, that it was more or less "dumb luck", and that we are not in particularly safe hands at the moment.

Edited July 30, 20214 yr by spidermike007

I would have thought the junta's biggest fear currently is people spreading the truth.

Bad timing , as if theres not enough to be concerned about ,  maybe they can hire Zuckerburg or what ever his name is 

Note to poster above: The last REAL dinosaurs left Thailand about 65 million years ago so be careful with your similes.

7 minutes ago, spidermike007 said:

Oppression, when used to mask institutional failure is a pathetic thing to witness.

When is oppression a good thing to witness then?