Article 263WJ Thailand's military-appointed Assembly unanimously passes an internet law combining the world's worst laws

Thailand's military-appointed Assembly unanimously passes an internet law combining the world's worst laws

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Cory Doctorow
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On Dec 15, an amendment to Thailand's 2007 Computer Crime Act passed its National Legislative Assembly -- a body appointed by the country's military after the 2014 coup -- unanimously, and in 180 days, the country will have a new internet law that represents a grab bag of the worst provisions of the worst internet laws in the world, bits of the UK's Snooper's Charter, America's Computer Fraud and Abuse Act, and the dregs of many other failed laws. (more")

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