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Thailand Bans YouTube

Posted by Zonk on from the getting-to-be-popular dept.

An anonymous reader writes "The new government of Thailand that forced its way into power last year has banned the website YouTube after a 44 second clip was found of someone spray painting on a picture of Thailand's king. When Google refused to remove the 'offending' clip the website was redirected to a different page. This comes days after a Swiss man was jailed 10 years for spray painting on pictures of the king while drunk, and is the same government that earlier this year slammed open source software for being useless and buggy."

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  1. But is the under-age sex still available? by FatSean · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    I mean, that's why people go there, right? Well the food too, but it's really the lady-boys. I hear it's a hot spot for various radio personalities.

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  2. "Forced its way into power"? by Catbeller · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    It was a far-right wing military coup that overturned a democratic nation. If the killers in uniform were anywhere to the left of Richard Nixon, Bush would be at war with them now. Regardless, we've a full on superconservative military dictatorship throwing people in prison for ten years at a whim. Let's call a fascism a fascism. Why are people afraid of the word? Fascists. FASCISTS.