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Anti-government protesters hold photos of political commentator Pavin Chachavalpongpun (C) and ex-Reuters journalist Andrew MacGregor Marshall at a rally in Bangkok, 16 August 2020, LILLIAN SUWANRUMPHA/AFP via Getty Images ARTICLE 19 said the proposed new regulations would add to a number of existing mechanisms to monitor and punish vaguely defined ‘fake news’.
This statement was originally published on article19.org on 11 June 2021.
Proposed government initiatives to address ‘fake news’ would further curtail digital rights and freedom of expression in Thailand, said ARTICLE 19. In recent weeks, the Ministry of Digital Economy and Society (MDES) has disclosed plans, including new regulations under the Computer Crimes Act, that would tighten governmental control over social media platforms and impose additional barriers to online expression. The Ministry should abandon these efforts in favour of an approach that respects the human rights o
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As Thailand battled a third wave of coronavirus infections, Facebook posts emerged purporting to show the summary of a meeting at a leading university, which apparently concluded the country would be âon its ownâ if Covid-19 case numbers continued to rise. The claim is false:Â Mahidol University said the posts were âfake newsâ and did not reflect the points raised in the meeting.
The claim was shared here on Facebook on May 9, 2021.
The text purports to show the summary from a meeting on the pandemic at Mahidol University, a leading research institution in the Thai capital Bangkok.
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As Thailand faced a surge in coronavirus cases, a message circulated on Facebook that claimed a Thai herbal drink can cure Covid-19. The claim is false: the pharmaceutical company that developed the herbal drink said it “does not have any effects on the coronavirus”. Health experts said there was no evidence the purported medicine can treat people infected with Covid-19.
The message was published on Facebook here on April 30, 2021
“I received an audio clip of a conversation between policemen from the Phasi Charoen Police Station who was infected with Covid-19. He spoke about how he took and drank green medicine, along with other Thai herbs while waiting for the bed in the hospital,” the Thai-language text reads.