The Civil Court has postponed a hearing in a lawsuit filed by activist Jatupat Boonpattararaksa against NSO Group, an Israeli company which developed the Pegasus spyware, after the company’s lawyers claimed that they are unable to reach the relevant Israeli authorities to complete necessary paperwork because the country is at war.

The National Security Council (NSC) has offered a 66.3 million-baht contract to China Telecom (Thailand), whose parent company has been banned in the US over security risk, to develop a national security digital system.

<p>Several pro-democracy activists and academics have reported receiving an email from Apple warning them that &ldquo;state-sponsored attackers&rdquo; are targeting their devices.</p>

<p>Following a Wednesday (10 November) Constitutional Court <a href="https://prachatai.com/english/node/9545">ruling</a> against public discussion of monarchy reform, the Court&rsquo;s website was apparently hacked on Thursday (11 November) by an unidentified party, who renamed it &ldquo;Kangaroo Court&rdquo; and modified site content.</p>

<p>Reflecting on events from the first half of 2021, IFEX&rsquo;s Asia and Pacific Editor Mong Palatino explains how recent massive citizen protests and pushback against Asia&rsquo;s digital authoritarians can provide lessons on what we need to do to support the region&#39;s pro-democracy movements and human rights campaigns.</p>

<p>On 23 September, 2019, the Manushya Foundation launched a study recommending an amendment to Thailand&#39;s Cybersecurity Act in order to uphold online freedom and privacy in line with international human rights standards.</p>