Thailand's military junta cracks down on social media ahead of election

Restrictions on political parties’ campaigning raises questions of how free and fair will much-postponed poll be

Social media campaigning will be heavily restricted in the upcoming Thai election, in a move political parties claim will gag freedom of expression and directly affect younger voters.

Following the confirmation that Thailand’s much-postponed election would finally be held on 24 March – the first election since the military seized power in a bloodless coup in 2014 – the election commission released strict guidelines on political campaigning.

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