Websites face new crackdown
Found on Bangkok Post on Thursday, 17 June 2010
Internet service providers will face legal action and have their licences withdrawn if they refuse to cooperate with the government to block websites deemed to be defamatory to the monarchy, the ICT minister warns.
Justice Minister Pirapan Salirathavibhaga said the ministry will seek the cooperation of internet service providers in the next three months to block websites that contain articles that are defamatory to the monarchy.
What they don't seem to learn is that the more they block, the more attention all this will get. The results are exactly the opposite.