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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.
US President Donald Trump and first lady Melania Trump walk from Marine One to board Air Force One on March 8 at Lawson Army Airfield, Fort Benning, Georgia. Photo: Carolyn Kaster / Associated Press

No Body Double: Trump Blasts #FakeMelania Theories

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump is not amused by the #FakeMelania conspiracy theories circulating on social media.
Google Doodle for the 97th birthday anniversary of Rapee Sagarik. Image: Google

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.
Image: @lhRD6PMWP0uop76 / Twitter

#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.

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