Mekong Posted March 17, 2015 Report Share Posted March 17, 2015 (Reuters) - Thailand's military government warned women on Monday against posting 'selfie' photos of the lower half of their breasts - a social media trend that has gone viral - saying their actions could violate the country's computer crime laws. Thailand's 2007 Computer Crimes Act bans any material that causes "damage to the country's security or causes public panic" or "any obscene computer data which is accessible to the public". The culture ministry said offenders faced up to five years in jail, but did not say how they would identify the culprits. "When people take these 'underboob selfies' no one can see their faces," ministry spokesman Anandha Chouchoti told Reuters. "So it's like, we don't know who these belong to, and it encourages others to do the same. "We can only warn people to not take it up. They are inappropriate actions." The ministry has long been criticized for being overzealous in its censorship of films, music, television and some Western cultural practices in an attempt to preserve traditional values of a country that is also infamous of its raunchy night life. http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/03/16/us-thailand-selfies-idUSKBN0MC17B20150316 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jitagawn Posted March 17, 2015 Report Share Posted March 17, 2015 :rotl: :dunno: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flashermac Posted March 17, 2015 Report Share Posted March 17, 2015 So where can I find these? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Flashermac Posted March 17, 2015 Report Share Posted March 17, 2015 They show their faces, so they are all right. But these are the preferred type ... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YimSiam Posted March 17, 2015 Report Share Posted March 17, 2015 What great promotion of the underboob selfie industry! I think we will now be flooded with these images, and that can only be a good thing! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
buffalo_bill Posted March 17, 2015 Report Share Posted March 17, 2015 If female citizens go as far as shooting middle boob selfies , would that be legal ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coss Posted March 17, 2015 Report Share Posted March 17, 2015 As legal as you like nom nom Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Guest Posted March 17, 2015 Report Share Posted March 17, 2015 I personally have no problem what so ever with these pictures, as likewise many people. I also have no problem with anyone wanting to gamble for instance. But rightly or wrongly it is unlawful in Thailand, and has been pointed out in numerous posts by board members, the law must be upheld. With over 700 million pictures being sent around the world each day on facebook for instance, it is diificult to enforce censorship and prosecution, but not impossible. As everyone knows who is not stupid, it is not partculary difficult to locate an individuals IP address. It would only take one or two example cases of women or anyone distributing pictures to be sent to prison for five years, to take this law seriously Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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