The case with Thapanee is indicative of a larger problem with media freedom in Thailand, an area in which the country has also fallen below international standards. Freedom House judged Thailand harshly in its report “Freedom of the Press 2015,” which classified the country as “not free” in terms of press freedom. With a ranking of 166 out of 199 countries, Thailand tied with Libya as the two states that had seen the greatest net decline in media freedoms over the course of 2014.