Thailand plans to block anti-royal Web sites

[Siege]

This was sent to me from another Forum.

 

Thailand's government said on Monday it plans to set up an Internet firewall to block Web sites deemed insulting to the country's beloved monarch, as well as others considered to have inappropriate content.

 

Communications Minister Mun Patanotai said his ministry is considering spending between 100 million and 500 million baht ($2.9 million and $14.6 million) to build a gateway to monitor and block such Web sites.

 

Is there any truth in it?

 

http://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/asiapcf/...t.ap/index.html

[Scumbag]

Yes it was report in the Bangkok Post and I posted it somewhere.

 

OK I have found it and here is the post I made in a differnet thread.

 

Just in case anyone has any doubts about how serious the Thai government is about people being disrespectful to Thai royalty.

 

Thailand firewall to block 'offensive' websites

 

(BangkokPost.com) - The Ministry of Information and Communications Technology (ICT) plans to spend about 100 million to 500 million baht to build a gateway to block websites with contents defaming the royal institution.

 

ICT Minister Mun Patanotai said exactly 86 per cent of those websites are from foreign countries. He said his ministry will give more attention to websites violating lese majeste laws than pornographic, obscene and terrorist websites.

 

According to the minister, thousands of the websites have been found to have information offending the monarchy, but they could not be revealed because Internet users would visit them once they are known.

 

The minister added the more such websites are suppressed, the more they grow, but police will continue to penalise the offenders nonetheless.

 

Prime Minister and Defence Minister Somchai Wongsawat had discussed this with the intelligence units, the Telephone Organization of Thailand (TOT) and the Communications Authority of Thailand (CAT), Mr Mun said.

[FatBob]

You simply cannot block them, there are always ways around it. The only way to block them would be to ban internet access in your country.

 

 

FatBob.

[iballooka]

Close one site down and it opens next day in another country, usually one which is an unfriendly one...

 

Managing the internet is impossible, China with all the money they have at there disposal is fighting a loosing battle...If the Thai Government with limited resources and skills attempts to manage the internet then sadly all they will achieve is a second rate service and in doing so will create anger and frustration....