Thai Government Releases LINE ‘Twelve Values’ Stickers

BANGKOK – The Thai military government has officially unveiled a set of “stickers” that depict the moral teaching of junta leader Prayuth Chan-ocha for the chat application LINE. Images of the “Twelve Values” stickers were published on the website of the Ministry of Information, Communication, Technology (ICT) today. The set consists of twelve stickers representing […]

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Google shuts down Google News Spain

On its blog, Google, U.S. headquartered multinational corporation specializing in Internet-related services and products, announced it would be shutting down the Spanish version of Google News, effective from December 16 of this year. The shutdown came in direct response to amendments to the Spanish intellectual property law —Ley De Propiedad Intelectual— imposing a compulsory fee […]

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Thai junta blocks Human Rights Watch website page

The Thai government has blocked direct access to the Thailand page of the Human Rights Watch (HRW) website after receiving harsh criticism from the organisation. Trying to directly HRW.org/asia/thailand results in a redirection to a splash screen from the Ministry of Information and Communications Technology, which reads “this website has inappropriate content and has been […]

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