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Thailand Sues YouTube

Posted by ScuttleMonkey on from the let's-all-take-off-our-left-shoe dept.

eldavojohn writes "Thailand is hitting YouTube with charges of lese majeste (up to 15 years in prison) regarding the recent videos on YouTube showing the king next to feet, something extremely offensive in Thailand. 'Since the first clip, more new videos mocking the king have appeared on YouTube, including pictures of the monarch that had been digitally altered to make him resemble a monkey. Thailand's 79-year-old king, almost universally adored by Thais, is the world's longest-reigning monarch, and one of the few who is still protected by tough laws that prohibit any insult against the royal family.'"

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  1. Universally adored, eh? by Reason58 · · Score: 1, Redundant

    Thailand's 79-year-old king, almost universally adored by Thais, is the world's longest-reigning monarch, and one of the few who is still protected by tough laws that prohibit any insult against the royal family.

    If he was universally adored then such laws would be unnecessary.

  2. Since we can extradite Australians by Maxo-Texas · · Score: 1, Redundant

    I can't see why any country in the world can't extradite people for local crimes.

    Hopefully one of these cases will make it obvious the downside of extraditing like this.

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