MILLIONS of dollars in advertising revenues being sucked up by tech giants such as Google, Apple, Facebook, Amazon and Microsoft are strengthening their dominance over the dissemination of information and contributing to a “worrying decline” in press freedom worldwide, according to the RSF World Press Freedom Index released on May 3, 2025. Says the
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All posters promoting gambling websites disappear as police move in
BEFORE POLICE arrived to investigate online gambling websites having without let or fear mounted a bus advertising campaign in Chiang Rai city, all the drivers of large and small four-wheel buses plus tuk-tuks had already removed the posters, Naewna newspaper said late last night (Mar. 23). Pol. Lt. Col. Chantarit Laophairojcharee, deputy chief for
Read moreOnline gambling websites mount bus advertising in Chiang Rai
SOME ONLINE gambling websites have boldly launched a bus advertising campaign in Chiang Rai city with this leading to a large number of residents complaining but officials have yet to take any action to stop it, Naewna newspaper said today (Mar. 22). An inspection of Chiang Rai Provincial Bus Terminal No. 1 where around
Read moreThonglor residents suffering from lights of giant LED advertising screen
SOME PEOPLE who have been living in shophouses on one side of the entrance of Soi Thonglor for decades have for several months now been affected with high-intensity lights of a giant LED advertising screen installed on the other side with one family having to cover their shophouse with tarp to cut the glare, Amarin
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