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Facebook blocks access to group criticizing Thailand king after government threat

The Verge

we have Facebook wading into another thorny moderation situation, this time in Thailand. According to a report from The Guardian , the company has removed a Facebook group with more than 1 million members after it was threatened by the Thai government for violating local laws around defaming the ruling monarch.

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The First Global Martus Users Group Meeting

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

Guest Beneblog by Vijaya Tripathi The first ever Martus users group meeting took place earlier this month in Chiang Mai, the capital of Northern Thailand. I followed up the Chiang Mai gathering with other meetings with Thailand-based Martus users, and just touched down in New York.

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Promise and Peril: Martus for Human Rights in Burma

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

I recently had the pleasure of visiting one of our longtime Martus partners in Thailand, The Network for Human Rights Documentation – Burma ( ND-Burma ). ND-Burma, a Thailand-based coalition of over ten human rights groups, has been collecting narrative testimonies from victims and witnesses of human rights abuses by the Burmese regime.

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​​Xpeng, Zeekr, and more enter Thailand, eye expansion across Southeast Asia

TechNode

Chinas Zeekr and Xpeng Motors will begin delivering their electric vehicles to Thailand later this year while eyeing expansion to other Southeast Asian countries, as they seek further overseas growth amid slowing opportunities at home. The EV maker, an affiliate of Chinas GAC Group, said on Jan. 31 (in Chinese) it will invest 2.3

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Thailand’s fintech startup Ascend Money lands $150M at a $1.5B valuation

TechCrunch

Ascend Money , the Thailand-based fintech startup behind TrueMoney, an e-wallet service, announced today it has raised a $150 million Series C round at a valuation of $1.5 About 70% came from Thailand while 30% came from the international market, the co-President Thamavaranukupt said.

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China-Thailand visa-free travel began on March 1

TechNode

The China-Thailand reciprocal visa exemption agreement, effective on March 1, allows holders of ordinary passports from each country to visit the other visa-free for up to 30 days per entry, with a cumulative stay of 90 days per half year. Signed on Jan. 28, the agreement promotes bilateral tourism and cooperation. CPPCC, in Chinese ]

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SAIC starts operations at new $14 million battery plant in Thailand: report

TechNode

Chinese state-owned automaker SAIC Motors new battery assembly plant in Thailand is up and running. million) plant, established with leading Thai conglomerate Charoen Pokphand Group at an industrial park in eastern Thailand is the first of its kind in Southeast Asias second-largest economy. The 500 million Thai Baht ($13.9