Following the arrest of Patnaree Seritiwat, the mother of student activist Sirawith Seritiwat or “Ja New”, on lese majeste charges over her Facebook messages, activist and former senator Jon Ungpakorn has questioned to what extent a government should have access to people’s personal communication.

The issue raised by Jon is worthy of discussion, however, recent events have left little doubt that there is no guarantee of confidentiality for online messages.

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Kornchanok Raksaseri