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Thailand Blocks Anti-Royal Websites

Posted by timothy on from the should-internet-take-the-definite-article? dept.

societyofrobots writes "'The Thai government says it is planning to build an Internet firewall to block websites deemed insulting to the country's hugely popular royal family.' In the past, Thailand has blocked YouTube because of a video that criticized the King. While, locally served websites that criticize the king are forcefully taken down, this new law will attack external sites."

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  1. Re:Take down Slashdot by Creepy+Crawler · · Score: 1, Flamebait

    I'll 1up yours.

    Fuck all royalty everywhere.

    They all end up as wormfood anyways. There's nothing special about their blood or some "mandate from the heavens" garbage. They popped out of a female's pussy and they end in the grave. Whoop-de-fuck.

    Accepting the idea such as royalty goes traditionally in the belief of "philosopher rulers" who choose the best for everyone. When they die, they get somebody worse off. When they die, you get crony dicatorism. We all can see what that behaves like by looking at Burma.

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  2. Re:Take down Slashdot by Daimanta · · Score: 1, Flamebait

    Yeah, the US ditched King George and got President George, son of George. Big improvement.

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