Thai government declares three Facebook accounts illegal | Reporters without borders

Reporters Without Borders (RSF) condemns a Thai government ban, imposed yesterday, on any online contact or interaction with three prominent critics of the regime – a foreign journalist and two academics – and urges all Facebook users beyond the government’s reach to share content from the Facebook accounts of these three critics. The ban’s three targets are Andrew MacGregor Marshall, a well-known Scottish journalist who used to be based in Bangkok, and Thai academics Somsak Jeamteerasakul and Pavin Chachavalpongpun. All three fled Thailand, where they are accused of lèse-majesté. Issued in the form of a letter from the Ministry of Digital Economy and Society that was posted on a Thai newspaper’s website yesterday, the ban forbids Thai citizens from sharing online content with or about the three critics or even just following them online. Anyone defying the ban could face imprisonment under the Computer-Related Crime Act (CCA).Marshall, who left Thailand in 2011, is the author of “A Kingdom in C

14 Apr 2017 ... photo : Facebook's account of Andrew MacGregor Marshall ... and Thai academics Somsak Jeamteerasakul and Pavin Chachavalpongpun. ... A political commentator who often posts on Facebook, Somsak was a history ...

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