BANGKOK – Bow Nutta Mahattana wears a cartoon t-shirt mocking Thai Prime Minister, and junta leader, Prayuth Chan-ocha with a nose like Pinocchio. The 39-year-old mother and teacher is facing a lengthy prison sentence for staging anti-junta protests – and…
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Thailand: No Internet Freedom with new Computer Crime Act
BANGKOK, Thailand – The sound of cicadas spread as the sun sets in the northeastern city of Khon Kaen. Payu Boonsophon, 23, stares down at his smart phone. He hesitates before beginning to type a message on Facebook. He knows…
Tagged with: Bangkok, censorship, Computer Crime Act, democracy, internet freedom, Khon Kaen, Lese-majeste, social media, Thailand
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Thailand’s Computer Crimes – CBC The World this Weekend
BANGKOK, Thailand – Thai netizens are outraged as amendments to the Computer Crime Act came into effect in 2017. It’s meant to take Thailand’s draconian sedition and royal defamation laws online. The current regime has made it a far-reaching act…
Myanmar’s Youthful Change – CBC The World this Weekend
YANGON, Myanmar – There has been a transition taking place in this Southeast Asian country since the end of 50 years of military dictatorship in 2012. The first fully democratic elections in 2015 brought Aung San Suu Kyi’s National League for…
Myanmar’s Technology Leapfrog Into Mobile Money – PRX
YANGON, Myanmar – Burma’s democratic transition is leading to a tech transformation. Democracy icon Aung San Suu Kyi told youth to stop wasting time on mobile phones and online. Almost half of Myanmar’s population is under 24 years of age. Everyone…
Tagged with: Aung San Suu Kyi, Burma, democracy, Mobile money, Mobile phones, Myanmar, social media, Southeast Asia, Technology, Yangon
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