Media of Thailand

Thailand has a well-developed media sector, especially by Southeast Asian standards. Although observers have sometimes described Thai media as relatively free, at least by Southeast Asian standards, in fact the Thai state government and the military have always exercised considerable control, especially over radio and TV stations. During the governments of Thaksin Shinawatra, the subsequent military-run administration after the 2006 coup and military coup of 2014, the media in Thailand—both domestic and foreign—have suffered from increasing restrictions and censorship, sometimes subtle, sometimes overt. Thai media are protected by the copyright law of Thailand.

In their Freedom of the Press 2015 report, Freedom House labels the Thai press as "not free" and ranks it 166 of 199 nations in press freedom.Reporters Without Borders in 2015 ranks Thailand 130 of 180 (a lower number is better) nations in press freedom.

On World Press Freedom Day 2015, four of Thailand's professional media organizations issued a joint statement calling for the military government to revoke onerous press restrictions and cease political interference with the National Broadcasting and Telecommunications Commission of Thailand.

Thailand began to contact the Internet in 1987 in terms of services. First Mail Exchange Mail Bag Start at Prince of Songkla University. Prince of Songkla University and Asian Institute of Technology or AIT under the Thailand-Australia Cooperation Program (IDP Project), which was connected by telephone line until 1988, Songkhla University. Mayor Hat Yai Campus Has applied for Internet address in Thailand. By getting an internet address. Sritrang.psu.th Later, in 1991, DEC (Thailand) Co., Ltd. requested an internet address for internal use of the company. By receiving the internet address is dect.co.th, the word "th" is the domain called (Domain), which represents the zone of the Internet in Thailand. In short, the word Thailand.The 24-hour full Internet access in Thailand occurred for the first time in July 1992 by the Institute of Academic Resources. Chulalongkorn University rented a 9600-bit-per-second communications circuit from the Communications Authority of Thailand to connect to the Internet at the company. UUNET Technologies, USA.In the same year, the agency was connected to the Internet through Chulalongkorn University. Many of them are Asian Institute of Technology (AIT), Mahidol University. King Mongkut's Institute of Technology Chulalongkorn University Ladkrabang Campus Chiang Mai University And Assumption University Business Administration. The network is called "THAI NET" (THAInet), which is the network with "gateway" (Gateway) or the gateway to the Internet is the first in Thailand. (Currently, ThaiNet's network consists of only four educational institutions, most of them moving their internet connection via NECTEC or the National Electronics and Computer Technology Center).

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