Defamation on Social Media

Abstract

Communication over the internet has many advantages that allow data to be widely and quickly passed on to others. At the same time, it is easy to make defamation through posts or comments. Although the laws of Thailand and foreign law have provided provisions regarding liability from defamation but they could not stop defamation because people can easily access the internet and think that they have freedom of opinion. Defamation on social media puts more damage than ever by verbal or other means because there may be a third party that receives a lot of defamation facts quickly through the sharing of that information and has been criticized by people around the world. Moreover, when the prosecution has been completed according to the justice process, the injured person may be ashamed to the extent that he cannot heal the damage. Therefore, although the opinion is a foundation right of the people but the government should protect the public by having an organization that is responsible for screening and having the power to quickly delete information that is a offense of defamation and may specifically regulate the offenses and penalties of defamation on social media.