
Restrictions on Internet Freedoms: Recommendations for Thai Policy-makers and Civil Society assesses both legal and non-legal measures that adversely affect online internet usage in Thailand. These measures encompass the Country’s Penal Code, Computer Crime Act, Internal Security Act, information operations, and targeted online surveillance. The presence of vaguely-worded laws has facilitated the direct persecution of internet and social media users based on their content and exercise of freedom of expression. Moreover, these laws provide a legal basis for online surveillance and state-sponsored disinformation campaigns against critics. This report analyses the resulting impacts of such measures and offers key recommendations to ameliorate the situation and provides a set of recommendations for the government to improve internet freedoms in the country.