Political Hate Speech Freedom of Expression and Hate

Political Hate Speech • Freedom of Expression and Hate “Hate Speech as a Political Weapons and License to Kill in Thailand Conflict” • “States have yet to reach a political agreement on how to prevent the Internet being used for promotion of Hate. ” • Political Agreement Or • Political Will

Hate everywhere

Hate speech situation in Thailand 1. political circumstance; 2. issues and problems; 3. cultural conditions; 4. law and remedy

Online TV and File Sharing

1. Political circumstance • Hate Speech in Thailand is wide spread in Social Networks especially Facebook • Bangkokian is the 1 st largest account numbers • wide range of political views • Rightist; Yellow and Alliances • Radicals; Red and Coalitions

Red vs. Yellow

1. Political circumstance • • Yellow-Shirt easily access to internet and Wi-Fi Red-Shirt reluctantly access to Internet Thailand has been in a political crisis the defamation regime in Thai Society illusion of poverty, low education & dark story Centralization generates Conflict “Hate” in everyday-life practice

Yellow-Shirt occupied Airports

2. Issues and Problems • Cyberspace is different to the rest of the space • fluid communication instead of real world transportation • Chatting & complaining on everyday-life issues • “status”, “like” and “comment” of “friend” • middle of conflict, the opinion is bitterly hot • emotional confrontation among friends

Application Astv on IPhone

2. Issues and Problems • • Who suffered from the Protest and Rally? Middle Class as alliance of Yellow-Shirt defamation on Red-Shirt Movement Because they occupied the City Center Yellow-Shirt Movement was more bearable Why? Patriotism and Royalism

Red occupied City Center

2. Issues and Problems • Rightist has a powerful Communication via the Social Networks and Government supported providers. • accuses and defames on Red-Shirt movements were brought into public arena. • government picked up and claimed as a reason to launched violence measures against Red-Shirt Movement

Hate and Violence on campaigner

Patriots and Royalist who beat him

3. Cultural Conditions • Defamation Regimes on 3 insulation stories; 1. Stupid, 2. Poor and 3. Selling their votes • Government supporters and Rightists can exhibit the furious expression in the cyberspace without law abided.

Stupid, poor and selling votes

3. Cultural Conditions • government and security agencies supply - propaganda data and - censor • welcoming to the wide demands of Hater • Coherence among State and Hate annoucers • license to kill • Explicit Violence?

ULTRA , Hooligans ready to kill

4. Law and Remedy • Imprisons Hate speech expresser who was convicted as violating the section 112 of Criminal Code, Lese Majeste Law. ONLY! • Nation Security imply 3 compositions; 1. Nations, 2. Religion and 3. Monarchy

Explicit Violence

Incite Violence

Social Sanction Case • In outrage prime example: "Social Sanction, " a Facebook group recently deleted because it was deemed hate speech, posted phone number and addresses of Red Shirt protesters and urged its followers to physically attack one of them. So both state and private have a duty to observe and suppress such hate speech websites.

Social Sanction

4. Law and Remedy • hate speech announcers can survive if claim ü patriotism, ü virtue religious protector and ü Royalist Thailand has various remedy mechanisms who do nothing on combating hate speech.

Hate and Cycle of Violence

Conclusion States have yet to prove a political will enforce the law on equality basis prevent the Internet miss-used for Hate political wills turn into agreements and implementations • peace and restoration • sympathy and understandings • •

In the name of “National Security”