Free speech for bloggers worldwide
Category: ThailandBy Curt on Oct 12, 2007 in Phraya Pichai, Threatened bloggers, Thailand, Imprisoned bloggers | 0 Comments
One for the win column. According to RSF, the charges against the pseudonymous Thai blogger Praya Pichai have been dropped.
There is no news about the anonymous woman arrested on the same day as Praya, August 24. Praya was able to afford bail. The woman in question was not.
Thailand’s threatening Computer Crime Act […]
By Curt on Oct 3, 2007 in Anti-Free Speech Laws, Thailand | 0 Comments
Former Thai Senator Jon Ungphakorn published an op-ed today in AsiaMedia on the measures that Thailand has taken against free speech.
Since the military coup of Sept 19, 2006, Thailand has almost caught up with China as a world leader in the field of internet censorship and control, particularly with regard to freedom of political expression. […]
By Curt on Sep 17, 2007 in Bebo, Blocked, Thailand, China | 19 Comments
I read a comment on Mashable that Bebo, the social networking site, has been blocked in China for the last week. Can anyone verify or debunk this? I saw a mention, which looked like it was from a Chinese message board indicating that it’s so.
Update: This has been confirmed.
Update: In the comments, Ania […]
By Curt on Sep 7, 2007 in Phraya Pichai, Thailand, Imprisoned bloggers | 2 Comments
On September 6, the Thai blogger who uses the name Phraya Pichai was released on bail. This blogger was the first to be arrested under the country’s new “Computer Crime Act,” according to Reporters Without Borders, which had gone into effect on July 18. He had been held for two weeks at Bankok Remand Prison.
According […]
By Curt on Aug 31, 2007 in Metacafe, Veoh, YouTube, Blocked, Thailand | 7 Comments
Just as YouTube was unblocked in Thailand, we find out that Veoh and Metacafe are not so lucky (Asia Sentinel via GVA).
Again “videos deemed offensive to the royal family” were to blame, according to the Sentinel.
Veoh, a site similar to YouTube, was blocked earlier this month after a user posted a rrisque personal video […]
By Curt on Aug 30, 2007 in Google, YouTube, Thailand | 6 Comments
Oh, joy. YouTube is no longer blocked in Thailand (according to Bankok’s The Nation newspaper, via Mashable).
All YouTube had to do was agree to sacrifice any principals it might have had, or might in the future wish to tout, regarding free speech.
This follows an agreement between the Ministry of ICT and YouTube that […]
By Curt on Aug 26, 2007 in Blocked, Thailand, Wordpress | 0 Comments
According to Global Voices, Thailand joins Turkey in having blocked access to the popular WordPress.com blog platform and hosting site.
On August 22th, 2007, access to wordpress.com blogging platform has been blocked by TOT (Telecommunication Authority) preventing Thai Internet users from accessing Thai Wordpress and all blogs hosted on wordpress.com. “A notice has been shown when […]
