This report examines the Thai military’s operations on the digital battlefield during the two rounds of heavy fighting through web-scraped data collected from social media communications and hashtag usage. The analysis covers 6,404 posts published between July 12, 2025 and January 2026 by the official Facebook pages of the Royal Thai Army, the Royal Thai Navy, and the Royal Thai Armed Forces Headquarters—the three military institutions that were most active during the clashes.—as well as a number of unofficial pages.

The Asian Forum for Human Rights and Development (FORUM-ASIA) welcomes the Thai Court of Appeal’s ruling that the Internal Security Operations Command (ISOC)—a government agency responsible for Thailand’s internal security—is liable for “damaging the reputations” of Senator and human rights activist Angkhana Neelapaijit and  women human rights defender Anchana Heemmina.

The Administrative Court has dismissed a lawsuit filed against the Royal Thai Army and the Army Commander-in-Chief by author and independent researcher Sarinee Achavanuntakul, iLaw Director Yingcheep Atchanont, and television host Winyu ‘John’ Wongsurawat who claimed they were targeted by Information Operations (IO) in 2021.

Thailand’s National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has revealed that local security agencies used information operations (IO) to target civilians, academics, politicians, and political dissidents.

Representatives from the three armed forces, the Internal Security Operations Command (ISOC), the Ministry of Defence, and the Royal Thai Police were called on 1 May to explain their involvement in Information Operations (IOs) that have targeted Thailand’s own citizens. The Thai security apparatus has been under the spotlight following a series of allegations.

<p>On 12 October 2021, Surachai Trongngam,&nbsp;Theeraphan Phankhiri, and Sanya Chongdeeiad, members of a legal team representing Angkhana Neelapaijit and Anchana Heemmina, two women human rights defenders (WHRDs), attended a civil court hearing to settle issues and schedule witness testimony in a case filed against the Office of the Prime Minister and the Royal Thai Army for damages pursuant to the 1996 Act on the Liability for Wrongful Acts of Officials.</p>

<p>Nattacha Boonchaiinsawat, a Move Forward MP, has released voice clips, videos and documents regarding military operations creating fake social media accounts to conduct information warfare against the people and close monitoring of those seen as the Prime Minister&rsquo;s political enemies.</p>

<p>In its February 2021 <a href="https://about.fb.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/February-2021-CIB-Report.pdf">Coordinated Inauthentic Behavior Report</a>, Facebook says it detected and removed 77 accounts, 72 pages, 18 groups and 18 Instagram accounts originating in Thailand, targeting audiences in the Southern provinces.</p>

<p>Twitter has taken down 926 Thai Twitter accounts which are deemed to be part of a state-linked information operation. The analysis shows that they target opposition parties and pro-democracy movements and try to counter criticism of the military and the government.</p>