Description
On 30 May 2023, reports emerged that TrueVisions, a major satellite and cable TV provider in Thailand, appears to have blocked various news segments and interviews about the 14 May 2023 election aired by at least 5 news agencies: BBC, CNN, Al Jazeera, NHK, and ABC Australia. News broadcasts related to the election were immediately replaced by the message "Program will resume shortly," leading some of the journalists working at the news stations to take to social media and demand explanation. TrueVisions did not provide any reason for the interruption, though back in 2020 it publicly announced its hiring of "censorship staff" to monitor and censor foreign news broadcasts on what it deemed to be sensitive political subjects.
Information
Number of attacked persons or entities related to media
5
Do they work as freelance or media?
Yes
Position in media
Status of journalists
Gender
Data not collected
Country
Bangkok
Full name or name of group
Identified
The name of perpetrator (individual/group)
TrueVisions
Background (state actor or non state actor)
Gender
Attack mention about gender background/sexual wording?
No
Date of incident
Type of incident
Internet shutdown
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