[AP] The Thai government has blocked more than 2,300 websites over the past year, most of them for allegedly offending the country’s monarchy, a senior official said.The sites, more than 90 per cent of which were registered abroad, were also blocked for pornographic content and threatening national security, said Sue Lo-uthai, an official at the Ministry of Information and Communication Technology.
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Reporters Without Borders is more concerned than ever about the Internet’s future in Thailand after yesterday’s announcement that access to more than 2,300 websites was blocked in 2008, in most cases for lese-majeste (insulting the king), and the new information minister’s pledge to make it her priority to block such online content.
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Thailand blocks 2,300 websites
[AP] The Thai government has blocked more than 2,300 websites over the past year, most of them for allegedly offending the country’s monarchy, a senior official said.