New Internet Criminal Law...

[gobs]

Hi all,

If I understand well, there will be a new internet criminal law issuing tomorrow the 18th of July, here in Thailand...

What about this?

And what consequences on using internet as a paticular?

Any explanations welcome.

Thanks

[thaipulse]

I've not heard anything about this... I'm not the most well-informed guy about news here though. Would this relate to the crimes of enticing young girls to have sex through chat? Or is it something different. That's about the only subject I've heard in the news recently...

[Sinclair]

Got this email from Loxinfo on July 9:

Dear Valued Customers,

Here in Thailand, there will be new computer-related crime law, the Computer Crime Act B.E. 2550 (2007) which will come into force from 18 July 2007.

CSLOXINFO Plc. would like to suggest to our customers that they study the provisions concerning computer-related offences, authority and legal responsibilities of all Internet related parties on the Internet and general computer usage.

We have located the relevant Act details for you to click below and read for yourself (unfortunately only the Thai version is available from the government currently).

http://www.lawamendment.go.th/newlaw.asp or http://wiki.nectec.or.th/nectecpedia/index.php/Main_Page

Should any current provisions of an Internet Service Provider, be found not to be compatible with the new Act, the Internet Service Provider will of course adjust the applicable terms and conditions.

In addition, we are currently preparing a guidebook with some simple explanations of the major provisions for easier understanding. It will be published shortly and sent by post to all of our customers and uploaded onto www.csloxinfo.com later on.

Given this opportunity, we hope you can apply the new Act to your home and business in order to help reduce Thailand's exposure to computer related crime.

Sincerely yours,

CS LoxInfo Plublic Company Limited

The "guidebook" they speak of is not online yet. The new law is probably all about censorship and more censorship, but I would like to know the details as well. I can read Thai but only simple stuff and my wife has no clue about computers. Any explanation would be most welcome !

Edited July 17, 2007 by Sinclair

[gobs]

Yeah Sinclair, same email I received one week ago! So my question...

What's about that?