#StopDigitalDictatorship! 🇹🇭 A rare win against state-run disinformation in Thailand!

On 11 June 2026, the Court of Appeal ruled that ISOC (Internal Security Operations Command) is liable for a smear campaign that targeted human rights defenders Angkhana Neelapaijit and Anchana Heemmina for years.

It found ISOC had the authority to manage the website where the false content was published, and ordered it to pay 120,000 baht to Angkhana and 90,000 baht to Anchana, plus removal of the offending content. ISOC was ordered to pay compensation to both women and remove the offending content within seven days.

⚖️ That is a genuinely good outcome, and it deserves to be treated as one. 𝗕𝘂𝘁 𝗮 𝘄𝗶𝗻 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝘁𝘄𝗼 𝘄𝗼𝗺𝗲𝗻 𝗶𝘀 𝗻𝗼𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘀𝗮𝗺𝗲 𝗮𝘀 𝗮 𝘀𝘆𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗺 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝘁𝗲𝗰𝘁𝘀 𝗿𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁𝘀 𝗱𝗲𝗳𝗲𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗿𝘀 𝗯𝘆 𝗱𝗲𝗳𝗮𝘂𝗹𝘁.

👁️‍🗨️ Information Operations are a documented pattern used against journalists, opposition figures, and human rights defenders across Thailand, 𝘢𝘭𝘮𝘰𝘴𝘵 𝘢𝘭𝘸𝘢𝘺𝘴 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘱𝘶𝘣𝘭𝘪𝘤 𝘮𝘰𝘯𝘦𝘺 and 𝘢𝘭𝘮𝘰𝘴𝘵 𝘯𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘴𝘦𝘲𝘶𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘦𝘴.

The real test is whether this becomes a precedent that changes how these campaigns are funded and overseen, or whether it stays a single exception the state can point to while everything else continues unchanged.

✊ Accountability that takes this much effort to win is still accountability worth celebrating. It is also accountability that should never have needed to be this hard.

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