Warner Music Thailand has issued a statement apologizing. In the case of the company's page, photoshopped images of Constitutional Court judges and royal portraits were posted inappropriately. It notes that it was produced by the staff without the consent of the management or artists. Punishment is currently being considered.
Today (August 11) following criticism on social media regarding Warner Music Thailand's Facebook page, the global music company under the supervision of Wo. Warner Music Group posted a composite image of a Constitutional Court judge's decision to dissolve the Kao Kai Party on August 7 in an inappropriate manner to promote a global song called Apple by an artist named Charli xcx. The message in the image read: “I think the apple is rotten to the core. I think this image of the apple is probably rotten to the core.” In addition to images of rotten apples directed at each Constitutional Court judge.
In addition, there is a light installation of royal portraits of the two kings. In the frame of the picture on the wall behind the throne by turning off the green color and specifying meaningful English text in an inappropriate way, this has caused dissatisfaction with the Thai people loyal to the monarchy. Comment on the intentions of the administrator of the said page. Which constitutes, in addition to violating the jurisdiction of the Constitutional Court, it also has implications of insulting the monarchy. As of around 4:00 pm yesterday (August 10), the administrator of the Warner Music Thailand Facebook page has already deleted the said post. But there is still a demand for responsibility from the music company.
Recently, at around 10:00 p.m. on August 11, Warner Music Thailand's Facebook page released a statement saying, “Warner Music Thailand deeply regrets the inappropriate content presented on the site.” The company's official social media accounts.
The images used in online marketing communications are inappropriate. It also does not comply with the company's principles and regulations. This content was produced and released by operations staff without the approval of management and artists. Once management became aware of this content, it was immediately removed.
Warner Music (Thailand) Limited has principles and regulations that will not be presented content and issues related to politics, nation, religion, property. Including references to officials or judges in the judicial process, the company is considering sanctions against the employees responsible for producing and distributing such content. Because it is a work that clearly violates the rules and does not conform to the company's standards.
The company deeply apologizes for the impact caused by the said incident. We will take this mistake as a lesson so that something like this will not happen again.
Warner Music (Thailand) Co., Ltd.
Additional news reports said that throughout the past day, many pro-monarchy Thais expressed their opinions through various posts on the Warner Music Thailand Facebook page, demanding that Warner Music Thailand take responsibility for the incident that occurred, but the page administrator chose to delete the posts from the past two days and restrict comments on the various posts. But he could not resist the tide. As a result, at around 10:00 p.m., the company finally issued a statement.
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