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Thailand Shuts Down 43,000 More Websites

Posted by timothy on from the everybody-loves-the-king-or-else dept.

An anonymous reader writes "Bangkok Post reports that the Thai government has now shut down over 43,000 websites deemed defamatory to the royal institution. Thai ISPs are warned to cooperate 'voluntarily' or lose their license. This is in addition to 17,000+ that were recently blocked for 'national security,' including both Facebook and Twitter accounts."

3 of 166 comments (clear)

  1. Do we need a "DRAW Bhumibol Adulyadej" day? by mykos · · Score: 4, Insightful

    We'll freaking do it. Don't think we won't, Thailand!

  2. The nuclear resistance myth by sakdoctor · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Should have designed the internet to be more resistant to oppressive governments.
    Since they are more dangerous than nuclear weapons anyway.

  3. All I can hope by Sparx139 · · Score: 5, Insightful

    is that the idiocy of one country will force people to care about what happens to their own - that Thailand will be a warning about where the UK et. al. are headed.

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    Our culture doesn't get smarter, it just finds new ways of being retarded.