News Forum - Thailand News Today | Thailand admits to spying on its citizens

[Thaiger]

  Less than a day after police denied using spyware to track Thai democracy activists, a government minister admitted Thailand does use surveillance to monitor its citizens. Successive Thai governments have been accused by Human rights groups of using broad definitions of national security as an excuse to prosecute or suppress the activities of their main rivals. This past Monday, a joint investigation by Thai human rights group iLaw, southeast Asian Internet watchdog Digital Reach, and Toronto-based Citizen Lab revealed the Thai government had used spyware called Pegasus on about 30 government critics between October 2020 and November 2021. The […]

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[ChrisS]

No surprise there then! What else would expect from what is effectively a military dictatorship.

[DesperateOldHand]

1 hour ago, ChrisS said:

No surprise there then! What else would expect from what is effectively a military dictatorship.

Or anywhere else, for that matter.