Tourists Fined for Instagramming Starfish
SATUN — Two Thai tourists have been fined 1,500 baht each for picking up a starfish and posing with them in Instagram photos, an offense under national park law.
Social Media Surveillance System Planned
BANGKOK — The Royal Thai Police plan to spend 12 million baht on a system to monitor messages and track users on the most popular social media platforms.
No Body Double: Trump Blasts #FakeMelania Theories
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump is not amused by the #FakeMelania conspiracy theories circulating on social media.
Orchids Bloom on Google To Celebrate Famed Thai Botanist
BANGKOK — Thai orchids are blooming on the homepage of the world’s largest search engine to celebrate a horticulturist who pioneered commercial orchid cultivation in Thailand.
Thank You For Finding Boys, Internet Proclaims
BANGKOK — The internet was surging with a rare emotion following the discovery of 12 boys and a coach trapped 10 days in a flooded cave: gratitude.
VR, Titles, Console Revealed at Mecca of Video Games
LOS ANGELES — E3, the annual Electronic Entertainment Expo, opened Tuesday in Los Angeles with thousands of video game enthusiasts, analysts and industry representatives...
Thai Teacher’s Tale of Injustice Ignites Public Sympathies
BANGKOK — A teacher imprisoned for a year and a half for killing a motorcyclist on the road has gone public with a story of injustice and police incompetence that a court will soon hear.
Thainet Voices Support for Laos After Dam Collapse
BANGKOK — After at least 6,000 people in Laos lost their homes and dozens died when a dam collapsed Monday, Thai netizens took to the internet in support of their northern neighbors.
#FacebookDown? #IGDown? Thai Net Loses Will to Live.
BANGKOK — Oh, TFW every itching millisecond wait to share a great picture with the world is replaced with a horrifying realization – the world has ceased to exist.
Five Hacktivists Arrested, Junta Source Says
BANGKOK — Five people were detained Friday at an army base in the capital on suspicion of waging cyberwarfare against the government, a source inside the junta said.