Guidelines for developing good practices and ethical standards for presenting content on online media related to Hate Speech, Cyberbullying and Radicalization of the Thai Media Fund -
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This study intends to investigate the prevalence of hate speech, cyberbullying, and radicalization in Thai online media. To outline policies for immediate, medium-term, and long-term operations in Thailand as well as the role of the Thai Media Fund in developing ethical principles for hate speech, cyberbullying, and radicalization that emerges in online media. Data from 20 groups of participants, totaling 300 people, were gathered using online focus groups as part of qualitative research. The results showed that the problems include dissemination of pornography, use of text and images that are inappropriate for the monarchy. Someone posted contents intended to bury people with physical disabilities or abnormalities. The ease with which contents may be created and accessed via social media is one of the main contributors to the issues. Lack of morals is another element that influences people to post content for commercial purposes using inappropriate media, images, phrases, or messages. There are numerous websites and applications that have been identified as platforms or online media for the dissemination of bullying and radicalization, including Facebook, Twitter, TikTok, Instagram, YouTube, Clubhouse, and others. The reputation and dignity of a person can be destroyed by hate speech, cyberbullying, and radicalization, which can have a profound effect on society, culture, and a country.
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