Thailand criminalises 'underboob' selfies with 5-year jail sentence

March 18, 2015 16:15

Thailand's military government has clarified the country's computer crimes legislation, saying that it prohibits "underboob" selfies.

The 2007 Computer Crimes Act bans the creation of electronic content that might cause "damage to the country's security or causes public panic" in addition to "any obscene computer data which is accessible to the public".

In a statement on Monday, the government said this included the current underboob selfie trend, in which women take photographs of the underside of their breasts, often while lying on a beach.

The penalty for such actions is up to five years imprisonment.

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