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Well defamation isn’t a criminal offense so at most they could file a civil suit in a US court as far as US jurisdiction applies and maybe they would be able to
by SllX 3y ago
Well defamation isn’t a criminal offense so at most they could file a civil suit in a US court as far as US jurisdiction applies and maybe they would be able to make a case, but US jurisdiction doesn’t extend to Thailand. That said we’re not going to be assisting in an extradition of anyone over something like this either (if a request were filed) since this falls squarely within 1st Amendment jurisprudence.
- kube-system 3y ago>Well defamation isn’t a criminal offense I'm not a Thai lawyer, but it sounds like it's criminal there: https://library.siam-legal.com/thai-law/criminal-code-defamation-sections-326-333/ https://library.siam-legal.com/thai-law/criminal-code-defama... > If the offence of defamation be committed by means of publication of a document, drawing, painting, cinematography film, picture or letters made visible by any means, gramophone record or another recording instruments, recording picture or letters, or by broadcasting or spreading picture, or by propagation by any other means, the offender shall be punished with imprisonment not exceeding two years and fined not exceeding two hundred thousand Baht. As I understand, the US is relatively very permissive in regards to defamatory speech, and has a very high bar for punishing this type of speech compared to other places.
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- SllX 3y agoYes, but context: >>> but my layperson understanding is that the US, for example, has some laws and precedents that might apply >> as far as US jurisdiction applies
- kube-system 3y agoI understand the context of this thread, I'm suggesting I don't think US legal standards are too relevant in this case. In Thailand you can go to prison for insulting the monarchy.
- SllX 3y agoAh, yeah, they’re not really relevant here, not unless a hypothetical extradition were actually filed anyway but I was just answering OP.