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Thai government censors Internet for 'national security'
Sylvie Barak
The
Inquirer
Thursday, Sept 4, 2008
SHOWING THE WORLD what it really thinks about all this democracy
rubbish, the Thai government has decided to close down and block
over 1600 websites, purportedly in the name of national security.
Mun Patanotai, Thailand's Information and Communications Technology
Minister, yesterday petitioned his country’s courts to close
down some 400 Websites which apparently "disturbed the peaceful
social order and morality of the people, and/or which were considered
detrimental to national security", whilst pressuring ISP’s
to block a further 1200.
The sudden dramatic concern for national security seems to have
arisen at exactly the same time the Thai authorities were forced
to declare a state of emergency in the country, as thousands of
protestors, demanding the Government stand down, took to the streets
yesterday.
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A purported 344 of the 400 websites were shut down for being
mean to the Thai royal family – who obviously aren’t
all that good at dealing with their annus horribilises. Two more
sites deemed problematic were of a religious nature, whilst another
contained a sex video game and five more were simply labeled ‘obscene’.
We don’t mean to sound preachy, but perhaps if Thai premiere,
Samak Sundaravej was just a little less concerned about his citizens’
cyber sex and monarchial moanings, and just a tad more concerned
with running his country properly, Thai protestors wouldn’t
be quite so angry. Just a thought.
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