Plan to talk with the company providing ‘LINE’ services in Japan cancelled

BANGKOK, 4 June 2014 (NNT) - The Ministry of Information and Communication Technology (ICT) has cancelled a plan to talk with a service provider of a famous multi platform messaging application ‘LINE’.

Previously the ministry, in compliance with the National Council for Peace and Order (NCPO), decided to make a request to LINE Corporation in Japan to inspect its database for messages sending from Thailand that may violate the Martial Law’s article on instigating rifts among Thais.

Pol Maj-Gen Pisit Pao-in, advisor to the ICT Ministry, said the ministry has called off the meeting with the company along with service providers of other social media: Facebook and Google.

He said the decision came after the NCPO has deemed that users may resort to other means of communication if it proceeds to impose such a measure.

Nonetheless, the advisor urged the social media consumers to refrain from making the comment that would breach the Martial Law in use.

Pol Maj-Gen Pisit stressed that the Ministry does not have a policy to cut-off the public from the Internet, nor to ban the use of messaging applications in social media.

Furthermore, he said the ICT Ministry would talk to the internet service providers who possess their own internet gateway such as TOT and CAT in creating an internet security network.

He also mentioned a possibility of providing an affordable internet service and creating a ‘Thailand Social Network’ for all Thais.


-- NNT 2014-06-04

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I can just see these global corporations running to Bangkok to pander to the whims of this regime.

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I can just see these global corporations running to Bangkok to pander to the whims of this regime.

Yep - the fact that they just don't get this says far more than they probably understand it says.

He also mentioned a possibility of providing an affordable internet service and creating a ‘Thailand Social Network’ for all Thais.

​Care to elaborate on that ?

Australians are very impressed with General Prayuth's work.

So much so they would like him to go to Australia and save them from Prime Minister Tony dumb dumb.

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Tony dumb dumb

This is where it departs from being about reconcilation, to becoming a total dictatorship. Bad move to try and stop people giving their views on social media. Even if you disagree with that view. You can't stop people thinking!

Australians are very impressed with General Prayuth's work.

So much so they would like him to go to Australia and save them from Prime Minister Tony dumb dumb.

Google

Tony dumb dumb

You must be an Aussie..what an embarassment for our country he is!

Go Prayuth...!!

He also mentioned a possibility of providing an affordable internet service and creating a ‘Thailand Social Network’ for all Thais.

​Care to elaborate on that ?

http://bangkok.coconuts.co/2014/06/03/junta-build-social-network-alternative-new-internet-gateway

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Australians are very impressed with General Prayuth's work.

So much so they would like him to go to Australia and save them from Prime Minister Tony dumb dumb.

Google

Tony dumb dumb

1 Term Tony, just another Rabbit in a hatchery of Rabbits.

They would be barking up the wrong tree, Line is the No 1 mobile app in Japan but it's controlled and run by Naver Corp Korea.

400m worldwide registered users, would be pissing off a lot of people if they tried to interfere with it.

"He also mentioned a possibility of providing an affordable internet service and creating a Thailand Social Network for all Thais."

Most social media applications are free, can't get much cheaper than that. Controlled, perhaps would be the local edition?

He also mentioned a possibility of providing an affordable internet service and creating a ‘Thailand Social Network’ for all Thais.

​Care to elaborate on that ?

http://bangkok.coconuts.co/2014/06/03/junta-build-social-network-alternative-new-internet-gateway

So does this mean we won't be able to access FaceBook etc? The Joke is that the People they are trying to stop voicing their views are Thais, so this is censorship/dictatorship. That is going to impress no one, and they hope foriegners will invest in a dictatorship?

Now I see why the investors are flying away when they hear the word 'coup'.

This is where it departs from being about reconcilation, to becoming a total dictatorship. Bad move to try and stop people giving their views on social media. Even if you disagree with that view. You can't stop people thinking!

Oh yes you can...... just call them Australians.... just joking all you Aussies..!

One can assume that all the main social Media reps started laughing when the Generals got on the phone...

Australians are very impressed with General Prayuth's work.

So much so they would like him to go to Australia and save them from Prime Minister Tony dumb dumb.

Google

Tony dumb dumb

The Australians are so impressed that they have imposed travel bans

dailytelegraph.com.au - On Saturday, Australia banned Thailand’s coup leaders from visiting and downgraded military ties with the South-East Asian country.

I can just see these global corporations running to Bangkok to pander to the whims of this regime.

They adhere to NSA and the FISA or whatever is called letters, etc., so why not here?

Im not on either side of the fence here but lets not forget that it was only about 8 or so months ago (before there was pressure on the PTP) when the Gov and the Police started making statements of what was going to happen to people who were saying anti gov things on social media about the rotting rice piles and how they were going to talk to Line etc.

So basically same same but different.

He also mentioned a possibility of providing an affordable internet service and creating a ‘Thailand Social Network’ for all Thais.

​Care to elaborate on that ?

Well, I will.

This is a typical response to things that are beyond the reach of those-who-like-to-control -- usually governments, but sometimes parents as well.

A few years ago, the Singapore government, alarmed at the youth of the country skateboarding all over the city in high-spirited fashion, spent a great deal of cash on an Official Government-Sanctioned Youth Skateboard Park in a nice safe location.

Guess how many kids went there.

The whole point about Line and other similar apps (and skateboarding, perhaps) is precisely that they challenge and circumvent the dull old conventional ways. They grow organically, or not at all.

A 'Thailand Social Network' would be a grand failure, the online equivalent of 'dad dancing'.

Australians are very impressed with General Prayuth's work.

So much so they would like him to go to Australia and save them from Prime Minister Tony dumb dumb.

Google

Tony dumb dumb

The Australians are so impressed that they have imposed travel bans

dailytelegraph.com.au - On Saturday, Australia banned Thailand’s coup leaders from visiting and downgraded military ties with the South-East Asian country.

Yes, The Australian Government whose Prime Minister is Tony dumb dumb

http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x1y1ez7_tony-abbott-last-week-tonight_news

Tony dumb dumb's approval rating is currently at 30% and his disapproval rating is 60%

In the past, as long as closing down newspaper printing house the whole line of information is dead albeit transistor radios. Fast forward to .......... now. There is simply no way to stop information from flowing!

In the past, as long as closing down newspaper printing house the whole line of information is dead albeit transistor radios. Fast forward to .......... now. There is simply no way to stop information from flowing!

The problem is it is not information. It's rumors, gossips, propaganda, disinformation ... everything you want but information. In some cases the cure is worse than the disease.

Australians are very impressed with General Prayuth's work.

So much so they would like him to go to Australia and save them from Prime Minister Tony dumb dumb.

Google

Tony dumb dumb

The Australians are so impressed that they have imposed travel bans

dailytelegraph.com.au - On Saturday, Australia banned Thailands coup leaders from visiting and downgraded military ties with the South-East Asian country.

Another case of Australia trying to be a big fish in the Asia pond, and failing.

I highly doubt the coup leaders had plans to visit Australia, why would they?

As for the military ties part, probably done at the behest of the US and again not relevant I would imagine to the Thais.

(Certainly made this Aussie laugh)

Australians are very impressed with General Prayuth's work.

So much so they would like him to go to Australia and save them from Prime Minister Tony dumb dumb.

Google

Tony dumb dumb

The Australians are so impressed that they have imposed travel bans

dailytelegraph.com.au - On Saturday, Australia banned Thailand’s coup leaders from visiting and downgraded military ties with the South-East Asian country.

Yes, The Australian Government whose Prime Minister is Tony dumb dumb

http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x1y1ez7_tony-abbott-last-week-tonight_news

Tony dumb dumb's approval rating is currently at 30% and his disapproval rating is 60%

Mate, you're obviously a Labor or Green. Abbott has got 3 years in government. The last dysfunctional mob got beat fair and square.

.Abbott is no bigger a fool than Julia "hyperbole" Gillard or Kevin "selfie" Rudd, and unpopular as he is, he is entitled to his 3 years, to crash out or crash through..As much as you can't believe that the "dumb" electorate would vote the Libs in, they did. Just suck It in and wait until you can help bring the other idiots in with your vote.

They should ask the USA's NSA. They have records of every phone call, message, email, post, etc.

Australians are very impressed with General Prayuth's work.

So much so they would like him to go to Australia and save them from Prime Minister Tony dumb dumb.

Google

Tony dumb dumb

The Australians are so impressed that they have imposed travel bans

dailytelegraph.com.au - On Saturday, Australia banned Thailand’s coup leaders from visiting and downgraded military ties with the South-East Asian country.

Yes, The Australian Government whose Prime Minister is Tony dumb dumb

http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x1y1ez7_tony-abbott-last-week-tonight_news

Tony dumb dumb's approval rating is currently at 30% and his disapproval rating is 60%

I'd take Tony Abbott over my country's Leftist in Chief Barack Hussein Obumbler any day of the week...any Aussie takers out there? I'll even throw in a few trillion of the debt that he's worked up...???

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Dear Lahgon

Mate, you're obviously a Labor or Green. Abbott has got 3 years in government. The last dysfunctional mob got beat fair and square.

.Abbott is no bigger a fool than Julia "hyperbole" Gillard or Kevin "selfie" Rudd, and unpopular as he is, he is entitled to his 3 years, to crash out or crash through..As much as you can't believe that the "dumb" electorate would vote the Libs in, they did. Just suck It in and wait until you can help bring the other idiots in with your vote.

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You are obviously a suffering LNP voter (Tony dumb dumb lover) who is not enjoying the fruitless LNP victory.

It's going to be a long and ridiculed wait for you until 2016.

Tony dumb dumb has already shamed most of his staunch supporters into silence but not you.,,,lol...lol.

Come on over to PUP ... we will help you out and relieve your suffering.

Enjoy the Tony dumb dumb clip

http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x1y1ez7_tony-abbott-last-week-tonight_news

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maybe all should be closed for the duration of the coup

This is where it departs from being about reconcilation, to becoming a total dictatorship. Bad move to try and stop people giving their views on social media. Even if you disagree with that view. You can't stop people thinking!

I don't think the coup was ever about reconciliation. More likely the generals and those of their ilk never liked the way things were going and decided to reassert their influence. True the political fighting got to the extreme but that became an opportune time for the military to step in. One does not stop public opinion by controlling social media, newspapers, TV or radio. It causes people to take other measures and there is always a way around such things. Trying to provide Thais a "Thai Social Media Network" is only for the purpose of the military monitoring what people say. They can't control the networks not based in Thailand.

The military pretends to be on the side of the people and stability but they really want to protect their own fiefdoms. In Thailand the government can't even fire a general or decide who sits on the joint staff. It is all done by the military for the military. While bringing an end to the constant strife in the streets is certainly a good thing, the military now will want to rewrite the constitution, ban people from politics and try to create a situation where the government is really just an institution that doesn't interfere too much with the nature of things in Thailand and that won't rock the boat. The military does not want a strong civil government particularly one which dominates the military.

What the junta is trying to do, at this point, is stifle all criticism. They and they alone will rewrite the constitution so that the electoral process, legislative process, etc. is as moderate and bland as possible. Preserve the status quo at all costs. Heaven forbid the government gets to the point that it controls the reins over the military. How many times has the Thai constitution been rewritten? They still can't get it right. They never will get it right as long the politicians and military write in clauses for self protectionism. Why not just start with the constitution of the US or a European country and start fresh? That would be un-Thai, I suppose. What they need is some western educated scholars with no political agenda working on the damn thing. The problem is that no amount of rewriting will stop the battle for power in Thailand and the greed and corruption that is endemic in Thai society. Therein lies the real problem and it is from the bottom of society to the top. Stifling the press, internet, social media, newspapers, TV and radio stations, neanderthal defamation laws, lese majesty laws all serve to inhibit honest dialogue in society and a reason that things get explosive in Thailand. The press, TV and radio never have been allowed really criticize anything or anyone in Thailand and that has, in my view, been the problem. The junta will for the time being just tighten its grip on things and then loosen it up but never allow it to really be what it should be.