Yep,two of my sites are included as threats so in case you’ve not heard:
Thai government tries to shut down 400 websites
By Oliver Luft
Wednesday September 03 2008 11:19 BST
Thailand’s Information and Communications Technology Ministry sought
court orders yesterday to shut down about 400 websites and advised
internet service providers to block 1,200 sites it considers a danger
to national security or disturbing social order.
ICT minister Mun Patanotai said the department had advised ISPs to
immediately block these websites, which it claimed were detected
between March and August this year, and had sought court actions
against them under article 20 of Thailand’s Computer Crime Act.
The Bangkok Post reported yesterday that the ministry claimed the
sites “disturbed the peaceful social order and morality of the people,
and/or which were considered detrimental to national security”.
This move to shut down online dissent follows the Thai authorities’
declaration of a state of emergency yesterday as thousands of
demonstrators took to the streets to demand the government’s resignation.
Thai prime minister, Samak Sundaravej, announced sweeping curbs to
civil liberties to maintain calm, after which the ICT Ministry said it
had detected more than 1,200 websites that violated the Computer Crime
Act.
In addition, a Thai court issued three orders to shut down about 400
websites, 344 of which, it claimed, carried material that was
contemptuous of the country’s royal family. The other blocked websites
included two with religious content, one video sex game and five sites
deemed to carry obscene content.
The ICT ministry, the Bangkok Post reported, also sought help from the
police to “bring all the violators to trial”.
Samak gave the army power to restore order on the streets of Bangkok
yesterday after fighting started between his supporters and those
demanding he quit.
One demonstrator was killed and dozens were injured during the worst
violence seen since anti-government campaigns began in May.
The present crisis started just over a week ago as members of the
People’s Alliance for Democracy took over government buildings in an
attempt to try to force the Thai government to stand down.
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