webfact Posted May 11, 2017 Share Posted May 11, 2017 FB ‘likes’ can constitute criminal conspiracy in eyes of law enforcers By Wasamon Audjarint The Nation BANGKOK: -- MANY people are unaware that online acts as simple as pressing “like” on a Facebook status could land them in trouble with Thailand’s computer-related crime law. In one of the most recent cases, a policeman was summoned as a witness last week after his Facebook account left a “like” on a message allegedly defaming a senior police officer. “We found that you pressed ‘like’ in agreement with that message, an act that increased the credibility of such information,” Pol Major Samrerng Naew-in, an investigating officer at Chonburi Police Station, said in the summons to Pol Sergeant Chakpong Wongchit. Chakpong’s Facebook account left a “like” on a post with messages and voice records criticising Pol Maj-General Kritsakorn Pleethanyawong, deputy commander of the Provincial Police Region 2. As Kritsakorn had filed a defamation complaint against Pol Captain Watcharin Benchanathasawat, who posted the original message, Chakpong was consequently called in as a witness. The Technology Crime Suppression Division (TCSD) has said in the past that anyone pressing “like” to a wrongful online status can be guilty as the Criminal Code’s Article 83 punishes a conspirator to a wrongful action. “An act of liking a wrongful Facebook status is equal to signing to endorse such an act,” the TCSD said. “While likers may not have the direct intention [on the wrongful act], an act of pressing ‘like’ increases the credibility of such information,” the TCSD said. However, Thai Netizen Network co-founder Sarinee Achavanuntakul said that merely pressing “like” can’t reflect the true intention of the person. “Only thought police would assume that ‘liking’ is a pure agreement,” she said. She saw pressing “like” as a mere reaction and did not see how it could add more weight to the credibility of the status. “It doesn’t matter how wrongful that online message is,” she said. “Pressing ‘like’ shouldn’t be wrong from the start. It doesn’t even have enough weight to judge a liker as being involved in such a post – that he has to be summoned as a witness.” Source: http://www.nationmultimedia.com/news/national/30314936 -- © Copyright The Nation 2017-05-12 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rhys Posted May 11, 2017 Share Posted May 11, 2017 ...new category, Undecided... somewhat undecided, certainly undecided, and never undecided. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wakeupplease Posted May 11, 2017 Share Posted May 11, 2017 So a Farang in her own country presses the like button and then comes on holiday and gets arrested under CCA. That will do wonders for tourism if they try that on and they will as we know. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mstevens Posted May 11, 2017 Share Posted May 11, 2017 If cracking down on those who like the wrong thing is something the Thais really do get serious about then any idea not just of freedom of speech in Thailand, but freedom of thought, is gone. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ebony19 Posted May 11, 2017 Share Posted May 11, 2017 Dear Thailand Please where I came from... There's something called freedom of speech and expression!!! It just fun. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jessi Posted May 11, 2017 Share Posted May 11, 2017 New button coming soon: "I cant press like as I'm in Thailand" That should fix it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rhys Posted May 11, 2017 Share Posted May 11, 2017 2 minutes ago, Ebony19 said: Dear Thailand Please where I came from... There's something called freedom of speech and expression!!! It just fun. ...5555. you're in LOS now, bud... unless you're rich of course, then no problems..... always undecided.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jessi Posted May 11, 2017 Share Posted May 11, 2017 1 minute ago, Jessi said: New button coming soon: "I cant press like as I'm in Thailand" That should fix it. Don't click LIKE on this or it may get you in deep Sh!t. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wakeupplease Posted May 11, 2017 Share Posted May 11, 2017 1 minute ago, Jessi said: Don't click LIKE on this or it may get you in deep Sh!t. Oops Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ebony19 Posted May 11, 2017 Share Posted May 11, 2017 1 minute ago, Rhys said: ...5555. you're in LOS now, bud... unless you're rich of course, then no problems..... always undecided.... Sigh!!! Thanks for the reminder!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
edwinchester Posted May 11, 2017 Share Posted May 11, 2017 How about pressing 'like' for an article you don't agree with but maybe well argued and written? I've done that in the past but now that can land me in serious trouble. This country seems to be getting more paranoid and authoritarian by the day. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dotpoom Posted May 12, 2017 Share Posted May 12, 2017 I would be inclined to agree with the view.......that if you press "like" to a post,..... you are endorsing it. In most countries that would not be a problem. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thechook Posted May 12, 2017 Share Posted May 12, 2017 So if I like something and another person doesn't then that person can have me arrested. Freedom of speech/expression is certainly dead in Thailand. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Laughing Gravy Posted May 12, 2017 Share Posted May 12, 2017 I wonder if laughing is also a crime. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
worgeordie Posted May 12, 2017 Share Posted May 12, 2017 Better not to have an opinion,be part of the silent majority, thats what is happening here,even if 100% true,you can still be sued,and all that entails in a Thai court room. regards worgeordie Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
darksidedog Posted May 12, 2017 Share Posted May 12, 2017 I find it highly unlikely that other countries will rush to follow Thailands lead on this stupidity. I can see Thai coppers with their feet up trolling through FB pages, being commended for record numbers of arrests. The Computer Crimes Act and the Defamation laws need to go. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thechook Posted May 12, 2017 Share Posted May 12, 2017 8 minutes ago, Laughing Gravy said: I wonder if laughing is also a crime. Laughing at the police is. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dukeleto Posted May 12, 2017 Share Posted May 12, 2017 I think the problem is they don't know how to control social media and the problems it keeps throwing in their faces. So they are using the CCA which basically makes it illegal (in some shape or form) to even boot up any device smarter than a calculator. I don't know why the bother, they should just use the UTU law (Up To Us) which is what they normally do in ensuring they are right and you are always wrong...unless it gets out on Social Media and creates an uproar, which comes back to my original point. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
outsider Posted May 12, 2017 Share Posted May 12, 2017 Soon, North Korea will look like a holiday destination. In comparison. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thechook Posted May 12, 2017 Share Posted May 12, 2017 If one presses like on a topic it doesn't necessarily mean they like or support it. Lets say Bill Smith sees a topic on facebook about corruption and incompetence concerning the Thai Police. Bill has 1,000 Facebook friends, he presses like and his friends are alerted that Bill liked a post and they are made aware of it. That topic showing the BIB in a bad light has spread thus they are smacked in the face with a shovel again. Their incompetence is spreading across the globe. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Laughing Gravy Posted May 12, 2017 Share Posted May 12, 2017 15 minutes ago, Thechook said: Laughing at the police is. Is it. Maybe you can send me a link to that particular law. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boomerangutang Posted May 12, 2017 Share Posted May 12, 2017 Thailand's self-appointed leaders are easing closer to China and N.Korea, day by day. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SOUTHERNSTAR Posted May 12, 2017 Share Posted May 12, 2017 In a police state everything becomes illegal as there is no rule of law. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jessi Posted May 12, 2017 Share Posted May 12, 2017 34 minutes ago, Laughing Gravy said: I wonder if laughing is also a crime. Only if you do it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LannaGuy Posted May 12, 2017 Share Posted May 12, 2017 new button 'I Would If I Could' Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
impulse Posted May 12, 2017 Share Posted May 12, 2017 7 minutes ago, SOUTHERNSTAR said: In a police state everything becomes illegal as there is no rule of law. Everything's illegal and they just prosecute the people they don't like. For whatever reason. But it was also happening under the veneer of democracy. It's not as if the elected officials actually ran things, except as they were told. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wilsonandson Posted May 12, 2017 Share Posted May 12, 2017 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wvavin Posted May 12, 2017 Share Posted May 12, 2017 A very heavy dose of North Korea influence. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Laughing Gravy Posted May 12, 2017 Share Posted May 12, 2017 What do you expect from a place that can't handle any criticism and 'throws its rattle out of the pram' for people highlighting the truth. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cmsally Posted May 12, 2017 Share Posted May 12, 2017 A lot of the problems coming out are I think from gross failings in the educational system. This would be coupled to the fact most of the brighter students pursue the Sciences rather than the Humanities. Lack of education and societal norms (which I can't see working in a modern society) are producing quite an implosion. The only answer at the moment seems to be driving the society backwards. In a culture where the use of language is seen as symbolic power, we are at point where it is very difficult to stop the common man wielding it. Actions at the moment are aimed at taking that power away and trying to put it back where it (is believed) to belong. In today's world is this going to be possible, we will have to keep watching. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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