Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - A cewar wata kungiya mai zaman kanta ta Privacy International a cikin wani rahoto na watan Satumbar 2016, "Gwamnatin soja ta Thailand ta dogara da rundunar 'yan sandanta don sa ido kan maganganun kan layi don dakile rashin jituwa. Amma baya ga rundunar 'yan sanda kanta, gwamnatin soja mai mulki ta ba da ikon cibiyoyin sadarwa na' yan ƙasa waɗanda ta ƙarfafa su su la'anci waɗanda suka buga abubuwan kan layi waɗanda aka ɗauka sun saba wa manufofin gwamnati. " Bayan juyin mulkin Mayu 2014
jagorancin Janar Prayut, an sami ƙaruwa sosai a cikin sa ido kan layi wanda Majalisar Kasa don Zaman Lafiya da Tsarin Mulki (NCPO), gwamnatin mulkin mallaka ta yi. An sabunta Dokar Laifin Kwamfuta a shekarar 2014 ta baiwa 'yan sanda manyan iko don sa ido kan maganganun kan layi, musamman aikace-aikacen sadarwar zamantakewa kamar Facebook. A cikin shekaru biyu tun bayan juyin mulkin, an kama mutane 527, an yi wa 167 shari'a a kotun soja, kuma 68 aka tuhume su da cin zarafin majesty. Zargin da ake tuhuma da laifin cin zarafin sarki na iya kaiwa ga ɗaurin kurkuku har zuwa shekaru 15. Daga cikin shari'o'i 68 da aka tuhumi mutane, 21 sun shafi abubuwan da aka sanya a Facebook.