Sam Thai - He is having a laugh!

A poster on the web site of Andrew Drummond the convicted criminal journalist who goes by the name of 'Sam Thai' really is an idiot.

'Sam Thai' claims to be a friend of Drummond, and claims to be a Muay Thai champion and long time Thai resident.

Easy to catch him out really - he does not speak a single word of Thai!

Anyway for months on end this idiot has been posting anonymously all over the internet, but now has turned to crank calls.

It is all centred as a campaign of #cyberharrassment and #cybermobbing around the website of Andrew Drummond - a web site that has a very nasty surprise about to arrive from Southern Bangkok Criminal Court :).

Using an internet calling service (see attached) Sam Thai has made dozens of crank calls.

How do we know he does not speak Thai? I called him in Thai  ไอ้น่าหีควาย (not recommended to be translated for faint hearted).

You just cant call anybody that in Thailand - this inbecile does not understand a word.

I have also been informed Sam Thai is gay and a paedophile.

Brian Goudie - Understanding Internet Harassment

Brian Goudie

Over the next few months I will be posting on this blog and documenting my experience with what can only be described as an ongoing coordinated campaign of internet harassment, and I intend to document my own personal experiences, as well as my now ongoing battle with Google,

Firstly, what is internet harassment? There is no clear definition, but according to Wiki Cyber Stallking and Internet Harassment has a wide range of different ways of manifesting.

In my case, it all started off when a journalist wrote a story about me in September 2012 - the journalist in question is now a convicted criminal and in the next few weeks is facing dozens of criminal charges.

My case is not unique, I have two close friends who have also been attacked. My good friend David Hanks was also attacked.

David Hanks

In my case, dozens of fake photos have been posted all over the internet along with dozens of allegations that my friend refers to as a 'myriad of lies'.

Initially it was very embarassing, especially the fake photos,  and did a great deal of damage to my life and business - now the harassment continues, but I have learned how to deal with it - criminal prosecution of the people involved.

For many months, I was subjected to a vicious campaign of harassment and intimidation, with death threats, threats of physical violence, fake profiles being set up in my name on Facebook, Wordpress, Google Plus, Blogger - everywhere!

Then these 'trolls' started sending messages and emails to my friends and family - at the same time the 'journalist' wrote over 100 articles witten on a 'news' website.

I took the owner of the 'news' site to Court, and the harassment increased, with the fake profiles commenting on the 'news'  site also leaving comments on my Facebook, Google Plus and Blogger posts. Many of the comments can only be described as disgusting.

Then, all the fake profiles started using the fake photos in their profiles, and postimg them in Google Plus albums, with backlinks and tags to my profile - this is still going on, but the trolls are now much more careful masking their locations and IP addresses.

The whole campaign of internet harassment centred around the 'news' site, and all the posters on the 'news' site would also post on my Blogger and Facebook.

I stayed quiet and took the advice of many to try to ignore it and report it to Google - and it got worse!

The accusations and names and threats I wont repeat here, but in months to come the details will be reported as the Court proceedings progress.

And what did Google do when I reported all of this - nothing! I received the same standard response every time - Google is not a mediator of content.

But what of Google? Google will try to tell you they are not responsible for the content, but a number of Court cases around the world have shaken that presumption, a recent example of which in the UK is Tamiz v Google and in Trijulka v Google in Australia.

Because internet harassment is a new area of law, many jurisdictions are ill equipped to deal with it, although in jurisdictions I am interested in, the UK, Thailand and Australia news laws such as amendments to the Prevention of Harassment Act (UK) and the Computer Crimes Act (Thailand) are starting to address the issue.

In the US, the Communications Decency Act makes much of the conduct I will write about is now a US Federal Offence.

And today many thanks to +Spinosa +knutsa01 +Ally +samthai +theweapon +jules without whom my case against Google would not be possible.

To be continued.

Brian Goudie.
25th May 2014

Brian Goudie - who are these anonymous internet warriors?

Well I have been deliberately posting on this blog recently and watching as the anonymous internet warriors post comments.

Even when they make horrific comments, I dont bother to delete them now.

These people hide behind internet profiles with made up names such as Tommy Truthsearcher, Jules, Sam Kane, Ally, Sam Thai, The Weapon - all spend all their time making comments and threats from the comfort of their internet connections.

Fake Facebook profiles, fake Wordpress blogs, fake Blogger sites, fake Google Plus profiles - the lot!

It comes under the umbrella name of 'internet harrassment' or 'cyber harrassment'. It is a criminal offence in most countries, but difficult to identify offenders.

Easy to make threats when you are anonymous isnt it girls?

Now ask the question - why do they use fake untraceable accounts with fake photoshopped profile photos?

There are two reasons, firstly they are low life cowardly scum bags who would never challenge face to face, and secondly they know if they can be identified we will prosecute them under Thailand's Computer Crimes Act.

The only one who posts in his own name is Andrew Drummond - and he will face a lot of cases this year from a number of parties - at least he has the balls to put his name to it, for which I give him some credence even though he does get it wrong some of the time.

The ones who hide behind fake names, you can decide - low life cowards not man enough to use real names, or credible commenters.

This is my personal blog with my real name and a real photo and my other site is Case Watch Asia ( www.casewatch.asia ) - having some tech problems this week but will be back up soon!

Brian Goudie
Koh Samui, Thailand.