Opposition To Internet Censorship
Interference in communication, including the Internet, was specifically prohibited by Section 37 and free speech protected by Section 39 of the 1997 “People's” Constitution. However, following the pattern of past coups, the military's first action was to scrap the Constitution and begin drafting a new one. Nevertheless, the MICT commissioned the Law Faculty of Sukhothai Thammathirat Open University to find laws or loopholes which permit such censorship, and several other organizations have filed petitions with Thailand's National Human Rights Commission (NHRC).
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