Arthit Suriyawongkul
Real name
Member for
10 years 7 months
First name
Arthit
Last name
Suriyawongkul
Organization
Thai Netizen Network
Country
Thailand
Website
What is your relationship to GISWatch?
I wrote Thailand Chapter for 2011 report (Internet rights and democratisation) and co-wrote Thailand Chapter for 2014 report (Communications surveillance in the digital age).
Author Profile
Arthit (@bact) is a co-founder of Foundation for Internet and Civic Culture and a coordinator for Thai Netizen Network (TNN), based in Bangkok.
With TNN and their partners like human rights lawyers and academics, he helps fight court cases related to freedom of expression online, produces recommendations for Internet and information policies, and organizes forums on technology and current issues.
Before joined TNN, Arthit was in software industry and linguistic research. He was trained in artificial intelligence and anthropology. His 2012 master thesis is about cultural-political activism and parody by Thai social media users during the time of political unrest and national conflicts.
With TNN and their partners like human rights lawyers and academics, he helps fight court cases related to freedom of expression online, produces recommendations for Internet and information policies, and organizes forums on technology and current issues.
Before joined TNN, Arthit was in software industry and linguistic research. He was trained in artificial intelligence and anthropology. His 2012 master thesis is about cultural-political activism and parody by Thai social media users during the time of political unrest and national conflicts.