Thai Government tries to shutdown 400 websites

[Al.]

Full details here Guardian.co.uk

 

Obviously this site is not affected yet or I would not be able to post just be very careful what you say on the board and what photos you put up

 

 

Thailand

Thai government tries to shut down 400 websites

Oliver Luft

guardian.co.uk, Wednesday September 03 2008 11:19 BST

Thailand's Information and Communications Technology Ministry sought court orders yesterday to shut down about 400 websites and advised internet service providers to block 1,200 sites it considers a danger to national security or disturbing social order.

 

ICT minister Mun Patanotai said the department had advised ISPs to immediately block these websites, which it claimed were detected between March and August this year, and had sought court actions against them under article 20 of Thailand's Computer Crime Act.

 

The Bangkok Post reported yesterday that the ministry claimed the sites "disturbed the peaceful social order and morality of the people, and/or which were considered detrimental to national security".

 

This move to shut down online dissent follows the Thai authorities' declaration of a state of emergency yesterday as thousands of demonstrators took to the streets to demand the government's resignation.

 

Thai prime minister, Samak Sundaravej, announced sweeping curbs to civil liberties to maintain calm, after which the ICT Ministry said it had detected more than 1,200 websites that violated the Computer Crime Act.

 

In addition, a Thai court issued three orders to shut down about 400 websites, 344 of which, it claimed, carried material that was contemptuous of the country's royal family. The other blocked websites included two with religious content, one video sex game and five sites deemed to carry obscene content.

 

The ICT ministry, the Bangkok Post reported, also sought help from the police to "bring all the violators to trial".

 

Samak gave the army power to restore order on the streets of Bangkok yesterday after fighting started between his supporters and those demanding he quit.

 

One demonstrator was killed and dozens were injured during the worst violence seen since anti-government campaigns began in May.

 

The present crisis started just over a week ago as members of the People's Alliance for Democracy took over government buildings in an attempt to try to force the Thai government to stand down.

 

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[fostraswift]

this would cover these recent protests....not our entertainment!!

stopping addicts would be like stoping pattaya...not gonna happen!!!

[hedonist]

It might be worthwhile to curb the commenting about the "recent developments" in LOS for a while though.........you never know who is looking on here

If they can block Thai access toYoutube then they can block access to places like these

 

Hedonist

[Scumbag]

I don't think we have anything to worry about. They will be after political sites, those saying things against the king and very high profile porn sites. I doubt they would be concerned about a group of morally upright people having a chat.

 

Also this site is hosted in the US. The most the Thai government could do is block access in Thailand. IMO that is highly unlikely.

[caltexman]

Thanks scumbag good to know !!!!!!!

[whitespider - RIP]

I don't think we have anything to worry about. They will be after political sites, those saying things against the king and very high profile porn sites. I doubt they would be concerned about a group of morally upright people having a chat.

 

Also this site is hosted in the US. The most the Thai government could do is block access in Thailand. IMO that is highly unlikely.

 

What Scumpoof says is correct. They could "block" the site in Thailand but they are looking for political sites.

 

Its unlikely they would do it because they did it before and then deemed us OK. That happened about one month after Addicts was launched and they blocked the old pattayaaddicts.com domain. We moved to pattaya-addicts.com and then a few months later they removed the restriction on the old domain too.

[coolman]

I think everybody should keep low profile on this web with the pics etc?????

[mikey m]

This site and others like it promote Thailand and market Tourism very well indeed.

The Tourist Authority of Thailand should thank you here.

[Newton]

I know of a building in Bangkok were there are three hundred people who sensor The web, Thailand is a Dictatorship,

[Scumbag]

I know of a building in Bangkok were there are three hundred people who sensor The web, Thailand is a Dictatorship,

..and of course that don't do that in the UK, or Australia, or Canukland or Amerika!!???...

[Newton]

No we dont brainwash our people we fought a war wether right or wrong for free speach , we dont get our national anthem ramed down our throughts every day 8 o clock and 6 o clock. And i can say good or bad about my Queen, And still live,,

Edited September 3, 2008 by friendlyric6411

[JASONTHAI]

No we dont brainwash our people we fought a war wether right or wrong for free speach , we dont get our national anthem ramed down our throughts every day 8 o clock and 6 o clock. And i can say good or bad about my Queen, And still live,,

 

Yea and we pay the highest taxes in the world because we put up with it, unlike the Thais who have had enough why can't the UK be like this and tell the government enough is enough, but in the end of the day all we do is moan and put up with it maybe we have a lesson to learn here from the Thais

[Newton]

The UK has nothing to learn from Thailand,Thailand is 400 years behind The uk we did this 400 years ago. So what goes round comes round and people are still not happy/

[JASONTHAI]

The UK has nothing to learn from Thailand,Thailand is 400 years behind The uk we did this 400 years ago. So what goes round comes round and people are still not happy/

 

400 years ago, I don't think so I remember the Poll tax riots if they did not happen we would be paying more now than what we are paying, so it proves people's power does work

[Newton]

I agree with you people power works , thats why the UK is a democracie

[Muadib]

Funny, but www.bangkokpost.com is down for me right now... They must be a subversive organization attempting to undermine the integrity of the Thai government...

[detectivethai]

and free basic education too !! 5555

[wallbanger]

The Thai porn sites I'm aware of all appear to be site up and running. The content on one is getting a little outdated (2+ weeks w/out an update).