Thailand on 1st March came up with the most controversial cybersecurity law which was approved and followed by the hounding of groups seeking rights and internet users who are looking for privacy and surveillance concerns. Cybersecurity law has been passed with the agreement of all people involved on 28th Feb 2019. It is the most happening one in the pool of new rules in Asia that declares that government will keep full control over the internet and seek cybersecurity for every individual living in a nation to maintain harmony and privacy. Activists have called the enactment “cyber martial law,” saying it would forfeit security and the standard of law, and cautioning consistence weights could drive outside organizations out of Thailand. The government mentions that the law has been made to save networks from cyber-attacks and would not empower state observation or damage rights. Mr. Ajarin Pattanapanchai, permanent secretary of the Ministry of Digital Economy and Society states to reporters that they made it strict that it would not let any violation happen and let anybody play with individual rights and incorrect use of power. It has been made to take care of security and privacy at long tangents. The law won’t be utilized to manage social networking, or PCs or gadgets having a place with the general population.
However, specialists expressed that the unclear language of the laws would, in any case, allow for broad interpretation of action authorities and experts, which may finish up infringing on rights. Thailand’s military government has pushed for a few laws as it said would bolster the advanced economy, including an alteration to the Computer Crime Act in 2017, which was proposed to oppose digital violations like phishing yet has been utilized to take action against difference.
