Thailand is imposing censorship on the media

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The Thai government has banned the sharing of news that "causes fear among the public", even yes ce true, reported the Guardian adding that the Government ce faces increasing criticism for the way ce deal with the pandemic.

The Thai government has tightened measures following an emergency decree issued more than a year ago, which was originally aimed at fake news. According to the latest restrictions, the media is prohibited from disseminating "information that causes public fear" or sharing "distorted information that causes misunderstandings that affect national stability".

The measures were condemned by media groups and human rights experts as attempt to ce stop the negative news and yes ce silence the debate. Sunai Fasuk, senior Thai researcher at Human Rights Watch's Asian subsidiary, described as A "serious blow" to press freedom in the country.

"I think the government is aware of that now ce faces a crisis of confidence over the catastrophic response to the Covid-19 situation, but instead of ce "She tries to find better and more effective solutions, she chooses to stop everyone from talking about her failures," Sunaj said..

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