As part of Asia Chat workshop hosted by Citizen Lab at RightsCon Southeast Asia 24 March 2015, Manila

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

2. 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

3. 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

4. Line Mom
• Have a good day
• Today is Buddhism
observation day
• Rumors
(politics / public safety)

5. 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

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

7. To monitor social media,
MICT decided to fight with SSL