Editor's note

In early June, a Thai man was sentenced to 35 years in jail for sharing Facebook posts that allegedly defamed the king. This is just one example of Thailand’s increasing repression of the digital sphere. In Turkey, cyberspace too has become dangerous. The police uses now Twitter to denunciate Erdoğan’s opponents online. Several people were taken to jail in July because of their posts on the platform.

Janjira Sombatpoonsiri looks at how Thai cyber activists and citizens brave criminalisation to keep their internet fast, free and unfettered while Dağhan Irak analyses how in Turkey, Twitter has become a place of oppression.

Fabrice Rousselot

Global Editor

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As Thailand restricts internet freedom, cyber activists work to keep an open web

Janjira Sombatpoonsiri, Thammasat University

Citizens and digital-rights advocates are pushing back against growing cyber repression in Thailand, where sharing the wrong Facebook post can land you in jail.

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