Thailand On LINE@bact Arthit Suriyawongkul, Thai Netizen Network 24 Mar 2015 #RightsCon Southeast Asia #rcsea15

Line 33 Millions (Feb 2015)

Facebook 24 Millions (Q4 2014)

Internet Users 25 Millions

0

8.25

16.5

24.75

33

Net Users Facebook Line

More than Chats• Line Pay (Global, 2014)

• Line Shop (groceries, gadgets, fashion) (Thailand, 2014)

• Line TV (Thailand, 2015)

• Line Taxi (Japan, 2015)

• Line Maps

• (soon) On-demand food delivery

• (soon) Streaming music

Line Mom

• Have a good day

• Today is Buddhism observation day

• Rumors(politics / public safety)

Monitoring by Gov

• Pre-Coup

• During Yingluck administration (over political rumors)

• Post-Coup (May 2014)

• Focus on dissidents and lese majesty

• Asked several social media for cooperation

• We will “friend” with you

“Twelve Core Values for Thais” Line sticker set from Ministry of ICT

To monitor social media, MICT decided to fight with SSL