{"id":153,"date":"2007-06-05T19:41:00","date_gmt":"2007-06-05T19:41:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.4amexpat.com\/?p=153"},"modified":"2010-11-25T11:07:58","modified_gmt":"2010-11-25T04:07:58","slug":"sms-used-as-propaganda","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.4amexpat.com\/sms-used-as-propaganda\/","title":{"rendered":"SMS used as Propaganda"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a onblur=\"try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}\" href=\"https:\/\/blog.4amexpat.com\/uploaded_images\/textmsg-706295.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer;\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.4amexpat.com\/uploaded_images\/textmsg-706293.jpg\" alt=\"\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><br \/><a href=\"http:\/\/www.forbes.com\/business\/feeds\/afx\/2007\/06\/04\/afx3783864.html\">Forbes says<\/a>&#8230; <\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Thailand&#8217;s military junta has resorted to sending text messages to mobile phones in the kingdom to try to persuade people not to join protest rallies, a spokesman said.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;Thai people should adhere to the king&#8217;s speech, be calm &#8230; reasonable and respect the laws,&#8217; said one message signed by the <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Council_for_National_Security\">Council for National Security<\/a> (CNS), as the junta calls itself.<\/p>\n<p>Another message read: &#8216;The army chief and the junta leader want to see the country remain in peace and reach reconciliation. 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