Facebook and Thai politics

Facebook (FB) was launched

Feb 4, 2004

11th coup d'état

Sep 19, 2006

19 Sep 2006
2006 Coup d'état and Yellow Shirts
Since 2005; yellow shirts of the anti-Thaksin People's Alliance for Democracy (PAD) stage numerous street rallies. Later; PM Thaksin Shinawatra is toppled in a military coup in September 2006.
Photo: http://cdn.dipity.com/uploads/events/3b09a91880e66f3280b79d3689a8fca0_1M.png
Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z_1ymrAHbXg

Computer Crime Act is enforced

Jul 1, 2007

Red Shirt Protest at Ratchaprasong

Period: Apr 1, 2010 to May 19, 2010

6,732,780 (Facebook Thai subscribers)

Dec 31, 2010

Internet World Stats

13,276,200 (Facebook Thai subscribers)

Dec 31, 2011

18,168,860 (Facebook Thai subscribers)

Dec 31, 2012

18,338,160 (Facebook Thai subscribers)

Dec 31, 2013

12th Coup d'état

May 22, 2014

DTAC (Telenor) black out Facebook for 45 minutes

May 28, 2014

http://www.bangkokpost.com/tech/local-news/415530/telenor-issues-facebook-apology

17,721,480 (Facebook Thai subscribers)

Dec 31, 2014

Facebook opened secretly located office in Bangkok

Sep 17, 2015

Thanakorn Siripaiboon liked a satirised photo of King Bhumibol's dog shared with 608 friends Facebook. He receives 32 years in prison time

Dec 6, 2015

http://www.scmp.com/news/asia/southeast-asia/article/1891403/thai-man-faces-jail-insulting-kings-dog

17,721,480 (Facebook Thai subscribers)

Dec 31, 2015

Internet World Stats

8 men abducted and charged with Article 116 and Computer Crime Act involved with the mocked Facebook page "We Love General Prayuth." 2 of the men were additionally charged with LM

Apr 27, 2016

https://www.hrw.org/news/2016/05/09/thailand-8-charged-mocking-junta-leader-facebook

Satirising Facebook page "GuKult" is blocked in Thailand

May 5, 2016

http://www.khaosodenglish.com/politics/2016/05/05/1462426398/

41,000,000 (Facebook Thai subscribers)

Jun 1, 2016

Jatuphat Boonpattaraksa (better known as Pai Daodin of the NDM student activist) charged with LM and CCA for sharing the banned biography of King Maha Vajiralongkorn (Rama x) published on the BBC Thai.

Dec 3, 2016

http://prachatai.com/english/node/6759