Background: In Thailand, this is about residents and media discussing COVID updates - often including case counts released by the Thai government. It’s not an a

Background: In Thailand, this is about residents and media discussing COVID updates - often including case counts released by the Thai government. It’s not an attempt to stop lies from spreading. Thailand sets new case count and death records almost every day (https://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-thailand-idUSKBN2EZ01U https://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-thaila...) and the government is scared of residents talking about it. Keep in mind that Thailand is essentially a dictatorship right now (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prayut_Chan-o-cha https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prayut_Chan-o-cha). Here’s how the AP described this order: https://apnews.com/article/business-health-media-coronavirus-pandemic-ebbe28f11fb5a2f12b6663522a148765 https://apnews.com/article/business-health-media-coronavirus...