Thailand’s next general election date is now set, and digital rights advocates have called on its political parties to prioritize digital rights and freedom of expression.
EngageMedia, a nonprofit promoting digital rights in Southeast Asia, has released a four-point agenda that identifies policies to protect digital rights and ensure access to information.
“The exercise of freedom of expression is severely repressed in Thailand,” EngagegMedia said in the report. “Barely a year after the general election in 2019, local authorities revisited the use of vaguely-worded laws—namely the Computer Crime Act (CCA), Article 112 (lese-majeste) and Article 116 (sedition) of the country’s Penal Code—to penalise critics, journalists, human rights activists, academics, and students over critical content directed at public officials.
The agenda highlights the need…
