Meanwhile, pro-junta, ultra-royalist media in the Nation Group (Thailand’s equivalent of Fox News + InfoWars) that keep spewing fake news and hate speech on the daily basis has never got even a slap on the wrist, let alone a blackout. Disgusting.
Background on blacked out media:
• @VoiceTVOfficial - its biggest sin is being owned by son of Thaksin (biased? maybe, but not half as much as Nation); long suffering countless bans & blackouts
• @prachatai - online outlet news site, has had fair share of persecution /cont.
cont./ • @thereportersth - run by highly respected veteran field journalist @thapanee3miti; it’s given superb, straightforward coverage of the protests, tirelessly live streaming
• @thestandardth - new quality online media; would be ordinary liberal media in a civilized country
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#ThaiProtests2020 are truly led by youth, the country’s future. But this is how they feel about the current Thai society. A view of high school girl from a poor region, Isan. #WhatsHappeningInThailand
❤️ Love a cultural story like this. Thai protesters have been joking about how the food vendors, esp. the meatball sellers, are always first at the scene of any protest site. Hence, the nickname “CIA.”😎 Here’s their secret. #WhatsHappenningInThailand khaosodenglish.com/life/food/2020…
Methinks schoolgirls *were already leading* school-based protests around the country from the start, not only “emerging” now. Yes, more school girls are speaking at large protests. They are finally being recognized as leaders now. #WhatsHappeningInThailandkhaosodenglish.com/politics/2020/…
I discussed girls’ participation in student protests in this thread.