"Computer Crime Act"

Samut Prakan Provincial Court has dismissed lèse-majesté, sedition and computer crime charges against defendant Thanakorn (surname withheld), the Internet Law Reform Dialogue (iLaw) said on Wednesday.

A deputy leader of Future Forward Party on Monday met with police to acknowledge a charge against him for allegedly violating the Computer Crime Act by sharing a photo that was later found to be fake.

Thai police on Monday charged members of a new progressive party led by a maverick 39-year-old tycoon with spreading "false" information about the ruling junta in a Facebook live broadcast.

The FAMILIES OF some of the 12 suspects detained for sharing content from a controversial Facebook page regarding a British teen’s allegations of being raped on Koh Tao have asked for mercy and understanding, and described the suspects’ acts as being ignorant of the law.

ONE AFTERNOON last month, as journalist Pratch Rujivanarom was at work in the office, a summons issued by the Nakhon Prathom Court was delivered to him out of the blue. He was dumfounded to learn he was being sued by a mining company for allegedly filing a false report on the environmental impact of mining in Myanmar on a river and people living nearby.

A news anchor has been arrested for violating Computer Crime Act after he allegedly defamed people in a news programme about alleged corruption in the prison system.

A GROUP of student activists submitted a petition yesterday signed by more than 3,500 people to the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC), asking it to look into rejections of bail requests for Jatupat “Pai Dao Din” Boonpattararaksa, who was charged last month with violating the lese majeste law and Computer Crime Act.

Authorities on the defensive due to reviled Computer Crime Act.

GOVERNMENT Spokesperson Lt-General Sansern Kaewkamnerd warned yesterday that protests against the newly amended Computer Crime Act could be deemed illegal and stir unnecessary conflicts in the country.

Amended article 14 seen as a powerful tool to muzzle public-welfare campaigners.

In the struggle against Tungkum mining company, Suraphan Rujichaiyawat, a leading activist with the Rak Ban Kerd group in Loei, found himself indicted in court for several alleged crimes.