Army chief denies Twitter ‘IO’ campaign after documents leaked

[webfact 79,187]

Army chief denies Twitter ‘IO’ campaign after documents leaked

By The Nation

 

Narongphan Jitkaewtae

 

Army chief Narongphan Jitkaewtae has denied that the military hired a private company to spread pro-government propaganda through hundreds of Twitter accounts. He was responding to a leak of documents that apparently show details of the contract between the Army and the company.

 

On October 8, Twitter announced it had removed 926 accounts that had concealed links to the Army. Members of the opposition said they had already been collecting information on the Army’s information operation (“IO") activities.

 

Pannika Wanich, former spokeswoman for the now-dissolved Future Forward Party, said they planned to sue the Army for “using tax money to cause divisions and hatred among Thais”.

 

Meanwhile, the Army chief refused to say whether martial law would be imposed if ongoing pro-democracy protests escalate.

 

Source: https://www.nationthailand.com/news/30398621

 

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[Thaiwrath 36,128]

12 minutes ago, webfact said:

Army chief Narongphan Jitkaewtae has denied that the military hired a private company to spread pro-government propaganda through hundreds of Twitter accounts.

 

It seems that the main criteria to be the army chief in Thailand is, you have to be an outright liar, and, when caught out, just blatantly deny everything ! 

If this latest fella is not a prime example, previous chiefs, coming out with sayings like "there will not be a coup" certainly are !

[ukrules 20,928]

Red handed!

[timendres 6,572]

35 minutes ago, webfact said:

Army chief Narongphan Jitkaewtae has denied that the military hired a private company to spread pro-government propaganda through hundreds of Twitter accounts.

 

Because they run the operation internally?

[Donutz 1,321]

56 minutes ago, Thaiwrath said:

 

It seems that the main criteria to be the army chief in Thailand is, you have to be an outright liar, and, when caught out, just blatantly deny everything ! 

If this latest fella is not a prime example, previous chiefs, coming out with sayings like "there will not be a coup" certainly are !

And when all fails: say it was a misunderstanding...

[Justgrazing 19,676]

In that pic' is he saying

" The porky pie we had to tell was this big " .. 

[colinneil 74,440]

2 hours ago, webfact said:

Meanwhile, the Army chief refused to say whether martial law would be imposed if ongoing pro-democracy protests escalate.

Surely it is the government not the army chief who should make the decision about marshal law.

Silly me forgot where i am.

[Flying Saucage 3,423]

Everybody in the country knows that IO campaigns are an integral part of the propaganda machinery of the government and the army. Hence, it would be way more face saving for the general just to say nothing instead of denying it. So embarrassing. Why does he not simply shut up?

 

By denying this IO campaign, the little general just confirmed the first one of the only three core competences of all these Thai "top generals": Lying. The remaining two core competences of them are intimidating the people by all means, and stealing from them by corruption and the misuse of taxes. That's all they can. Nothing more.

 

[Somtamnication 23,591]

Wow, they listened to the Russians! 

[rkidlad 32,011]

Even a child knows to fess up to their blatant wrongdoing when asked more than once. 
 

This whole thing was proved. The company who exposed it also stated that the army’s operation to use fake accounts to promote the government was “cheerleading without fans”. 
 

My missus has always been too apathetic about Thailand’s political climate. But the more she reads about the army and elite here, the more she’s getting p***** off. The ones in charge here are just becoming more and more shameless. They will be the architects of their own demise. 

[Mr Meeseeks 4,197]

I believe him. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Of course I don't, lying is a national sport here.

[Mr Meeseeks 4,197]

11 minutes ago, rkidlad said:

My missus has always been too apathetic about Thailand’s political climate. But the more she reads about the army and elite here, the more she’s getting p***** off. The ones in charge here are just becoming more and more shameless. They will be the architects of their own demise. 

There has not been such a more unpopular government in my 30 years here. They are really hated. 

 

Without the father of the nation to guide the country I fear for the future of Thailand. 

 

Too many inadequate men, crooks, mafia types, immoral cowards, sycophants and generals for the politics to work. Need to completely clear the decks and start with people with morals and integrity, if they can find them that is. 

[pokerface1 673]

3 hours ago, webfact said:

On October 8, Twitter announced it had removed 926 accounts that had concealed links to the Army.

So does it then imply that the army then paid Twitter to hide the accounts

[canopus1969 7,766]

1 hour ago, rkidlad said:

Even a child knows to fess up to their blatant wrongdoing when asked more than once. 
 

This whole thing was proved. The company who exposed it also stated that the army’s operation to use fake accounts to promote the government was “cheerleading without fans”. 
 

My missus has always been too apathetic about Thailand’s political climate. But the more she reads about the army and elite here, the more she’s getting p***** off. The ones in charge here are just becoming more and more shameless. They will be the architects of their own demise. 

She is not the only one, the majority of Thai's feel the same

[Dogmatix 4,769]

The flip side of this must be the other big lie which must be doing the rounds internally that the IO was effective. Apparently this was not the case as the IO Twitter accounts garnered hardly any followers.