COVID spreading? Not as important as the monarchy. Crap economy? Forget about it and “protect” the monarchy.
The Bangkok Post reports the frenzied and angry efforts of the censorious Digital Economy and Society Minister Buddhipongse Punnakanta to censor the internet. He wants to sweep it clean of material that reveals the monarch’s notoriety.
Between August and December, Thai internet users have had 5,025 URLs blocked by the minister. He wants 8,440 URLs discussing the monarchy removed.
Buddhipongse proudly declared that some of these URLs were “linked to the social media accounts of … Pavin Chachavalpongpun and Somsak Jeamteerasakul…”.
Buddhipongse new year present is to the king, not the people.
Political Prisoners in Thailand 
[…] It was only a week ago that the regime was griping and threatening social media providers, and YouTube has accommodated its campaign to limit freedom of expression. […]