BANGKOK - Thailand on Saturday warned against the creation of online content that risked insulting the country's monarchy, after a video by a social media influencer promoting e-commerce platform Lazada incensed royalists, who said it was mocking the palace.
The video, which has since been taken down, was promoting Lazada's May 5 sale and featured a woman dressed in a traditional Thai costume sitting in a wheelchair and playing the role of an influencer's mother. In videos posted on Facebook, the influencer, Aniwat"Nara"Prathumthin, said the clip was a parody of a famous Thai soap opera and told critics the perceived royal insult was"all in your imagination".
Government spokesman Thanakorn Wangboonkongchana said such content risked damaging the reputation of brands.
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