Wikipedia vs Thailand: Another Vector for US Interference

Wikipedia has served as a tool of Western propaganda around the globe, so much so that nations like China have restricted access to it within their information space.

In Thailand, special interest groups tied to the US-backed opposition and US-funded media platforms have seized control of entries regarding Thailand’s political crisis, culture, and history, and are manipulating them to help advance their political agenda.

I expose one of the figures behind this campaign, their affiliations, and explain how a law similar to Hong Kong’s National Security Law is necessary in putting an end to this sort of foreign interference.

References:

Wikipedia – About:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikiped…

Guardian – Wikipedia biases, Research exposes the male-dominated, pro-western worldview of the online encyclopedia:
https://www.theguardian.com/technolog…

US National Endowment for Democracy – Thailand (2020):
https://www.ned.org/region/asia/thail…

iLaw – About:
https://ilaw.or.th/about

The Nation – iLaw launches petition for charter rewrite:
https://www.nationthailand.com/in-foc…

Frontline Defenders – Arnon Nampa:
https://www.frontlinedefenders.org/en…

US National Endowment for Democracy – Thailand (2014):
https://web.archive.org/web/201607021…

Bangkok Post – The lawyer preparing to defend herself:
https://www.bangkokpost.com/thailand/…

AltThaiNews – The Foreign Troll Manipulating Wikipedia’s Entry on Thailand’s 2020 Protests:
https://altthainews.blogspot.com/2020…

Wikipedia, 2020-2021 Thai Protests – JohnCDraper edit history:
https://sigma.toolforge.org/usersearc…

Taylor & Francis Online – Racial “Othering” in Thailand: Quantitative Evidence, Causes, and Consequences (John C. Draper, Pavin Chachavalpongpun):
https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/1…

BBC – Wikipedia blocked in China in all languages:
https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-4…