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Thailand: Blocked websites

Wednesday, December 24th, 2008 @ 23:45 UTC

by Mong Palatino

Countries:: Thailand
Topics:: Freedom of Speech, Governance, Internet & Telecoms, Media, Technology
Languages:: English

The Freedom Against Censorship Thailand has just received a secret list of blocked websites leaked from Thailand’s Ministry of Information and Communication Technology. The report mentioned 1,303 websites which were censored by the government.

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# 2008-12-26 at 5:44 am
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[...] Firewall of China” that is known to many people, democratic country like Thailand also blocks a large number of Web sites; in Vietnam, its Ministry of Information and Communication has recently [...]

# 2009-01-30 at 18:44 pm
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[...] mensen inmiddels kennen, ook in een democratisch land als Thailand wordt een groot aantal websites geblokkeerd [en]; in Vietnam heeft het ministerie van Informatie en Communicatie onlangs een circulaire [...]

# 2009-01-31 at 20:02 pm
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# 2009-02-1 at 14:14 pm
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# 2009-02-4 at 13:39 pm
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[...] to escape prosecution (and “unfair trial”) for the same crime. Almost 5,000 webpages have been blocked since March last year because they contain content deemed insulting to the royal [...]

# 2009-03-8 at 3:10 am
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[...] (e “julgado de forma parcial”) pelo mesmo crime. Quase 5 mil páginas na Internet foram bloqueadas desde março de 2008 porque seu conteúdo insultaria a família real. O rei Bhumibol Adulyadej é [...]

# 2009-03-24 at 22:31 pm
Nate Helburn

I’m a 33 year old american who has worked throughout Asia for 1/2 of my adult life. Wana see 100,000,000 people get hacked to death on CNN? Just ban censorship in SouthEast Asia.

# 2009-12-28 at 10:10 am

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