Thai authorities to build state-owned social network site

This is the link to the news item.

"Smart Thailand" Participation mandatory! You will be smart to participate!

Non participants will be caned!

"Citizen,  show me your Ministry of Information and Communication Technology (MICT) identification number! You cannot receive government services without a MICT ID number.

Please enjoy this only government service that is available to those without a MICT ID number.

Wack!

"Please kind sir, give me another freebie, I love the King."

"You will be Socially Secure only if you have a MICT ID number.  Do you wish to have one? Caning will continue until you agree."

This Wikipedia entry describes the current Thai National ID Card

From this link: It describes the "Smart Government" component of the total "Smart" Strategy

2. SMART GOVERNMENT STRATEGY
This strategy aimsto support the key role of ICT in administrating every sector with goodgovernance and high efficiency to elevate the living standards of Thai people,as well as, providing reliable data, information and statistics for furtherplanning or decision making.
Measures and strategies
1.Employ the information technology forcollaboration of public sectors or C10
2.Develop the integrated e-government for betterquality of services.
3.Encourage the underprivileged, the disabled,elderly people to utilize the information technology.
4.Standardize the quality of data, information andstatistics from public sectors for the effective integration.

Maybe something is lost in translation.  I am certain that the a more euphamistic name must have been given to the project in the Thai language.  Authorities should have defined an official translation, perhaps the project name is a literal translation.