Thai royalists ‘dox’ hundreds of pro-democracy activists using Google Maps

Google took down two Google Maps documents on Monday that had listed the names and addresses of hundreds of Thai activists who were accused by royalists of opposing the monarchy, the technology company said. Thai royalist activist Songklod “Pukem” Chuenchoopol said he and a team of 80 volunteers had created the maps and planned to report everyone named on them to police on accusations of insulting the monarchy. Alphabet’s Google said in an emailed statement “the issue is now fixed”, and noted…