"Fearmongers targeted under Prayut new order", 29 July 2021.

Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha has ordered internet service providers to immediately block the internet access of anyone who propagates information that may frighten people...

The order... prohibits anyone from "reporting news or disseminating information that may frighten people or intentionally distorting information to cause a misundertstanding about the emergency situation, which may eventually affect state security, order or good morality of the people.”.

Under the order, the National Broadcasting and Telecommunications Commission (NBTC) shall notify internet service providers to check from which IP address such information has come. After that, the ISPs are to notify the NBTC and block internet access of the IP address in question.

The NBTC will then give the information to the police for legal action...

Under normal channels, authorities... ask the court to ban content suspected to be illegal. If the court approves by issuing an order, the operator of the platform hosting the content shall be asked to comply.

The new order speeds up the process of censoring by requiring the ISPs to block the content immediately before legal action is taken.