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Ministry of Digital Economy and Society
กระทรวงดิจิทัลเพื่อเศรษฐกิจและสังคม
Enabling Act
Reorganization of Ministry Act B.E. 2545 (renamed from ICT in 2016)
Scope
Digital-economy policy, broadband and 5G infrastructure, government e-services, and oversight of laws including the Computer-Related Crime Act B.E. 2550 (2007) and (jointly with PDPC) the PDPA.
Key Powers
- • Coordinate national broadband and 5G strategy
- • Operate digital-government infrastructure (DGA, ETDA)
- • Refer Computer-Related Crime Act cases to police
- • Manage spectrum-policy coordination with NBTC
- • Oversee national digital-ID and e-Tax-Invoice rollout via ETDA
Enforcement Examples
- URL-blocking court orders under Section 20 of the Computer-Related Crime Act (publicly aggregated)
- ETDA enforcement of e-Tax-Invoice standards
Publication Channel
Royal Gazette + mdes.go.th
Contact Channel
1212 (online complaints) · [email protected]
How Foreigners Interact
Foreign-incorporated platforms hosting content accessible in Thailand may receive Section 20 takedown orders; foreign businesses adopting e-Tax-Invoice and digital-signature standards engage with ETDA.
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