New hashtag trends on Twitter after more details emerge of government’s IO network mission

[webfact]

 

By Pear Maneechote

 

Thai social media is in outrage once again on Wednesday with the hashtag #แหกIO (break the IO), after details of the government’s military IO network mission were once again uncovered by a Move Forward Party representative during Tuesday’s censure debate.

 

On Tuesday’s censure debate, Move Forward Party MP for Bangkok Natcha Boonchaiinsawat, in what he labeled as the third and “final installment” in uncovering the Thai army’s secret IO network, revealed real footage of one of the army’s designated “office rooms” and a unit dedicated to manipulating pro-government sentiments and targeting political opposition figures on the internet.

 

The Move Forward MP revealed that these clips, which he received from a person inside the army, were meant to be presented and reported to the supervisors of the Royal Thai Army’s Information Operations Center, where the tasks are divided to support the “mission of Prime Minister Prayut Chan-ocha.”

 

Full story: https://www.thaienquirer.com/32101/new-hashtag-trends-on-twitter-after-more-details-emerge-of-governments-io-network-mission/

 

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[Soikhaonoiken]

Oh dear Mr P, 

[Gandtee]

So this may be the reason why that when I click on certain posts they disappear. And receiving from who I suppose is Facebook, a notification informing me that they have blocked my account as someone was trying to break into it. And to change my password, which I did. But was it Facebook? Or an organisation wanting my password? It makes you wonder after reading reports like this. Shades of Stalin, Hitler and all despots.

[Gottfrid]

11 minutes ago, Gandtee said:

So this may be the reason why that when I click on certain posts they disappear. And receiving from who I suppose is Facebook, a notification informing me that they have blocked my account as someone was trying to break into it. And to change my password, which I did. But was it Facebook? Or an organisation wanting my password? It makes you wonder after reading reports like this. Shades of Stalin, Hitler and all despots.

It´s easy to solve. Just do not have your information online. My real name can since over 7 years not be found online. Neither can any private information. The funny thing is that I am very active online, with a lot of work as well.

[ExpatOilWorker]

What is IO?

 

Usually it is Immigration Officer,  but not in this case I guess.

[nausea]

21 minutes ago, ExpatOilWorker said:

What is IO?

Information Operations apparently -  poorly trained journalists up to their usual trick of not explaining lesser known acronyms (this one being an "initialism" technically, but I guess most will better understand what I mean by "acronyms").

[tomazbodner]

Can't be. Not a mask in sight...

[brucegoniners]

Following Russia's handbook eh? I wonder if Prayut hired Putin as a consultant.

[Whale]

Lest. be honest about this, look at the picture then conjure in your mind a CIA or US Mil intelligence centre, Pine Gap or GCHQ, MOSSAD. This is like a children's playground in comparison.

 

It's wrong and it should be stopped but its a urinatingg in the wind compared to the international stage of covert monitoring of individuals and organisations..

 

 

Edited September 2, 2021 by Whale
banned word

[Mr Meeseeks]

5 hours ago, webfact said:

revealed real footage of one of the army’s designated “office rooms” and a unit dedicated to manipulating pro-government sentiments and targeting political opposition figures on the internet.

After tens of thousands of these accounts were banned and kicked off Twitter and Facebook, the government was issuing strong denials that they were doing this. 

 

Yet more lies. Can we trust anything this government tells us? ????

[Cake Monster]

1 hour ago, tomazbodner said:

Can't be. Not a mask in sight...

All this was started pre Covid

[tomazbodner]

11 minutes ago, Cake Monster said:

All this was started pre Covid

https://www.nationthailand.com/in-focus/40005589

 

Representatives of the Second Army Area filed a complaint against Move Forward Party MP Nattacha Boonchaiinsawat at Nakhon Ratchasima police station on Wednesday for allegedly presenting fake documents during a no-confidence debate against Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha.

 

“The documents which he claimed were issued from March to July 2021 carry the signatures of the Second Army Area commander and sub-commander but they do not match the real signatures of both individuals. Moreover, one of the documents misspelled the commander’s last name,” Sawarat said.

 

“The documents also listed the wrong ranks and misspelled names of some other officers. These mistakes would not happen if the documents were real as there would be proof-readers to cross-check with the agency issuing the documents,” he pointed out.

Edited September 2, 2021 by tomazbodner
added part of article, instead of just link

[internationalism]

3 hours ago, ExpatOilWorker said:

What is IO?

 

Usually it is Immigration Officer,  but not in this case I guess.

you have in a third paragraph:

"Royal Thai Army’s Information Operations Center"

this abbreviation is common now in Thailand, so that's why hashtag.

Those secret operations were going in thailand for years, but only for the last few years they started to be exposed, that includes during censure debates, as in this article above.

They are simply troll farms run by army. Because they need numbers they do use also conscripts and pay them 100b per day plus monthly premiums for overtime. 

They put them into a class room, teach technique and order them to sit for many hours sharing army propaganda on social media and under multiple accounts.

 

that article from 10.2020, after FB and twitter closed almost 1000 army accounts

https://thisrupt.co/current-affairs/know-royal-thai-armys-io/

 

this February 2020

"MP Viroj Lakkanadisorn of the former Future Forward Party, in a valedictorian performance at the censure debate, unearthed documents allegedly showing that the Internal Security Operations Command (ISOC), which reports to the prime minister, has hired soldiers to troll social media with the aim of disputing, demeaning, and slurring political figures, activists, scholars, and some media channels.

The documents show how these IO officers, through multiple fake avatars, are instructed to belittle and demonise the government’s perceived enemies while, on the contrary, praising the government’s work through the roof. "

https://www.thaienquirer.com/8530/opinion-io-and-the-cynical-mind-game-against-your-own-people/

 

if you search "intelligence operations" and "thailand" you can find many more examples, going back years. 

Edited September 2, 2021 by internationalism

[smutcakes]

2 hours ago, Whale said:

Lest. be honest about this, look at the picture then conjure in your mind a CIA or US Mil intelligence centre, Pine Gap or GCHQ, MOSSAD. This is like a children's playground in comparison.

 

It's wrong and it should be stopped but its a urinatingg in the wind compared to the international stage of covert monitoring of individuals and organisations..

 

 

Its just the shameless wasting of tax payers money that gets me... literally none of these army guys have anything remotely army orientated to do- so just time to play business, politics, golf etc etc and of course they write their own rules on pensions, staff, benefits, housing, drivers, cars etc which sees all of them handsomely rewarded from the tax payers purse for doing nothing to benefit the tax payer.

 

They are like a parasite, but every year they are getting closer and closer to killing their host.

[RubbaJohnny]

27 minutes ago, internationalism said:

"intelligence operations" and "thailand"

555

[hotchilli]

10 hours ago, webfact said:

Thai social media is in outrage once again on Wednesday with the hashtag #แหกIO (break the IO), after details of the government’s military IO network mission were once again uncovered by a Move Forward Party representative during Tuesday’s censure debate.

Nice to see the annual recruits put to good use.????

[Misterwhisper]

6 hours ago, nausea said:

Information Operations apparently -  poorly trained journalists up to their usual trick of not explaining lesser known acronyms (this one being an "initialism" technically, but I guess most will better understand what I mean by "acronyms").

Hmmmm... and silly me thought for a moment it stood for "Inept Organization".

[rebo]

13 hours ago, tomazbodner said:

 

“These mistakes would not happen if the documents were real as there would be proof-readers to cross-check with the agency issuing the documents,” he pointed out.

Proof-readers?

Cross-check?

In Thailand?

???? ???? 

[HiSoLowSoNoSo]

Are they still using Phantip Plaza copy Windows 97 in their computers?

[internationalism]

there are more details quoting directly from the MP which presented this material during debate.

Looks like the PM was personally involved in setting it up

"PM involvement in ‘Information Operations’ raised in no-confidence debate"

https://prachatai.com/english/node/9435

[zzaa09]

On 9/1/2021 at 4:57 PM, Gandtee said:

So this may be the reason why that when I click on certain posts they disappear. And receiving from who I suppose is Facebook, a notification informing me that they have blocked my account as someone was trying to break into it. And to change my password, which I did. But was it Facebook? Or an organisation wanting my password? It makes you wonder after reading reports like this. Shades of Stalin, Hitler and all despots.

Sure. The likes of Twitter, FB, et al seem to be comfortable being in cahoots with Thai authorities and other world players. all of whom appear to be uncomfortable with questioning and challenging ideals.

[Will B Good]

At least half of those in the photo must be regular contributors to the Bangkok Post comments section.

 

Anyone who comments on there will know their monikers.

[djayz]

Getting desperate.