Ministry of Digital Economy and Society

The Ministry of Digital Economy and Society (Abrv: MDES; Thai: กระทรวงดิจิทัลเพื่อเศรษฐกิจและสังคม, RTGS: Krasuang Dichithan Phuea Setthakit Lae Sangkhom), formerly known as the Ministry of Information and Communication Technology (MICT), Thai: กระทรวงเทคโนโลยีสารสนเทศและการสื่อสาร, is a cabinet ministry of Thailand. The MICT was established on 3 October 2002 by the Administrative Reorganisation Act, 2002.^[1] The new ministry was created as the Ministry of Digital Economy and Society by the Re-organization of Ministry, Bureau and Department Act, B.E. 2558.^[2]

History

In September 2016, the Ministry of Information and Communication Technology (MICT) was dissolved and replaced by the Ministry of Digital Economy and Society. The ministry assumed the responsibilities of the MICT. The MICT's former agencies, the ณิชกมล เหมทานนท์ 3100503733044nal broadband villages".^[3]Office of the Minister

• Office of the Permanent

• Thai Meteorological Department
• National Statistical Office of Thailand
• Office of the National Digital Economy and Society Commission
• Anti-Fake News Center

Public companies

• NT Public Company, Ltd
• Thailand Post Company, Ltd

Public organizations

• Electronic Transactions Development Agency
• Digital Economy Promotion Agency (DEPA)^[1]
• National Cyber Security Agency (NCSA)
• Office of the Personal Data Protection Commission (PDPC)
• Television Pool of Thailand (TPT)

See also

• List of ministries of Thailand
• Censorship in Thailand
• Internet censorship and surveillance by country – Thailand