[1] His movement is regarded as one of the biggest turning points of Thailand political landscape, earned him the person of the year 2020 by Prachatai.
He left Bangkok to Khon Kean after the 2014 Thai coup d'état and discontinued his activism by focusing on farming in his home.
Before that, he proposed the idea of using the slogan 'I lost faith in the Monarchy' in 'The Royalists Marketplace', the monarchy-satire Facebook group by Pavin Chachavalpongpun.
He re-entered activism again because Wanchalearm, a Thai political activist, was abducted by armed men in Phnom Penh on 4 June 2020.
The police searched his house and took his computer and smartphone, and made his mother sign a consent of bringing him to be admitted to Rajanagarindra Psychiatric Hospital in Khon Kaen.
[6] Subsequent to protests by civil rights groups[7] and media stories,[8] Tiwagorn was released by Rajanagarindra Psychiatric Hospital, on 22 July 2020.