Info Wars: Social Media Ripe Target For Thai Election Disinfo
A tangle of truths, half-truths and falsehoods, it was the kind of mess vexing tech platforms have been struggling – and often failing – to handle in the age of online disinformation.
Naresuan Seniors, Alumni Defend Muddy Hazing
PHITSANULOK — A ceremony, watched over by professors, sanctifies a wooden pole. Freshmen in white carry a heavy wooden pillar around the campus before...
Viral Video Uses Pooches to Explain Dog-Eat-Dog Thai Elections
BANGKOK — An amusing and educational animation explaining how the March 24 Thai elections will work – through dog cartoons – was going viral...
Bangkok Biker Bowls Over Pedestrian With Temerity to Warn Him
BANGKOK — A man waits for a bus. Seeing a motorcycle trespass on the sidewalk, he warns the rider. Moments later, the bike returns and plows into his body, knocking him to the ground before speeding off.
Thailand Free No Thanks to Democracy: Junta
BANGKOK — Weeks away from Election Day, the ruling junta wants people to know that democracy can take no credit for Thailand’s freedom and independence.
#SkyLovesDaddy: How a Politician Became a Sweeping Thai Net Hashtag
BANGKOK — In the lead-up to the first election since social media fully bloomed in the country, every major party is competing for attention on the volatile Thai internet.
Freshmen Stripped to Undies on SOTUS Beach Trip
PHETCHABURI — Freshmen were stripped to their underwear and forced to stand shoulder to shoulder as early-morning waves crashed around them. Some were made...
Why #LongLiveSlender is Exploding Across Thai Social Media
BANGKOK — Frenzied supporters are flooding social media with memes framing the eldest child of the late king’s entry into politics as an epic...
How Fake News and Disinfo Will Affect Thailand’s Election
Though the prospects of misinformation being used effectively are high in a nation with some of the world’s most active social media users, experts believe that – given the circumstances – it’s likely to play out differently and on a smaller scale.
Asoke Cat, Rags-to-Riches Thai Cat Celeb, Dies (Updated)
BANGKOK — A cat who rose from humble origins to become one of Thailand’s first internet-famous animals died Wednesday night.
