Thailand blocking bits of wikipedia

[geni]

The English Wikipedia page on King Bhumibol Adulyadej (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bhumibol_Adulyadej) has been blocked by some ISPs, apparently since 1 October

http://facthai.wordpress.com/2008/10/22/wikipedia-blocked-by-some-thai-isps-fact-exclusive/

Not unexpected but unfortunate since enforcement of Thailand's the Lèse majesté laws tends to conicide with attempts to ovethrow elected goverments.

[PixyMisa]

Thai politics is weird. Are weird?

[WildCat]

If this keeps up they'll be as bad as Australia and China.

[PhantomWolf]

If this keeps up they'll be as bad as Australia and China.

Except that Australia doesn't block politically sensitive pages, merely pages deemed to be supporting practices that are illegal in Australia such as pro-Euthanasia and pro-Anorexia sites.

[WildCat]

Except that Australia doesn't block politically sensitive pages, merely pages deemed to be supporting practices that are illegal in Australia such as pro-Euthanasia and pro-Anorexia sites.
Right. Whereas Thailand only blocks one page on Wikipedia. See? They haven't yet reached Oz proportions.

And what's the big deal? There's ways around it...

[Damien Evans]

Except that Australia doesn't block politically sensitive pages, merely pages deemed to be supporting practices that are illegal in Australia such as pro-Euthanasia and pro-Anorexia sites.

Australia doesn't block anything. I don't know where you got that crap from but I can go to any website I want to. Even Euthanasia.com.

[Damien Evans]

If this keeps up they'll be as bad as Australia and China.

How many times do you have to be told Australia doesn't block anything?

:bwall

[gtc]

K Rudd has a plan to censor the net but it is completely unworkable so I think it will be quietly dropped. There is a thread about it somewhere.

[geni]

Australia doesn't block anything. I don't know where you got that crap from but I can go to any website I want to. Even Euthanasia.com.

There are fast moveing plans to block rather a lot of stuff. The arugment over it is reaching the amuseing stage:

http://www.theage.com.au/news/technology/biztech/net-censorship-plan-backlash/2008/11/11/1226318639085.html

[geni]

Right. Whereas Thailand only blocks one page on Wikipedia. See? They haven't yet reached Oz proportions.

And what's the big deal? There's ways around it...

At the moment yes. Wikipedia is an interesting case because pretty much every goverment on the planet will object to some of the stuff on their but it is meanstream enough that we can generaly get a reasonable idea what is being filtered.

[Ranb]

I have told my (Thai) wife several times that the laws prohibiting criticism of the royal family are a sign of weakness. She has yet to agree with me. :) She likes her king and does not plan on renouncing allegiance to him any time soon.

Ranb

[Ranb]

A piece of information about the Kings’s son. I hear he is known as the evil prince because he is nowhere as well liked as his father.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vajiralongkorn

Although Princess Soamsavali had refused divorce for many years, Crown Prince Vajiralongkorn was finally able to sue for divorce in the Family Court in January 1993. In the court proceedings, Crown Prince Vajiralongkorn accused Princess Soamsavali of being completely at fault for the failed relationship. She was not able to refute the charges due to the prohibition against lèse majesté. The divorce was finalized in July 1993.[2] Princess Soamsavali and her daughter continue to play a significant role in royal ceremonies.

I do not know if the above article is true, but imagine being in family court and not being able to refute allegations made by your spouse because of laws making it illegal to do so. Very ugly.

Ranb

[PhantomWolf]

Australia doesn't block anything. I don't know where you got that crap from but I can go to any website I want to. Even Euthanasia.com.

Okay, so Australia's planned censorship. Happy?

[WildCat]

How many times do you have to be told Australia doesn't block anything?

:bwall
http://www.streem.com.au/technology/7468-govt-to-block-10000-websites

[tyr_13]

Yeah, Australia doesn't block anything, besides video games they don't like.

[gtc]

Yeah, Australia doesn't block anything, besides video games they don't like.

Most states also outlaw hardcore pornography but its not often enforced. Happily, it looks like there is some movement on the videogames issue.

[Damien Evans]

There are fast moveing plans to block rather a lot of stuff. The arugment over it is reaching the amuseing stage:

http://www.theage.com.au/news/technology/biztech/net-censorship-plan-backlash/2008/11/11/1226318639085.html

They talked about it a bit after the election. When it was shown how trivially the system the government wanted could be circumvented it was dropped like a lead balloon.

Subsequent attempts to revive it have been abortive to say the least. Even the greens are more respected in parliament than Senator Conroy.

[Damien Evans]

Yeah, Australia doesn't block anything, besides video games they don't like.

A silly situation but they're not the kinds of games I play anyway so I'm not overly concerned.

[WildCat]

They talked about it a bit after the election. When it was shown how trivially the system the government wanted could be circumvented it was dropped like a lead balloon.

Subsequent attempts to revive it have been abortive to say the least. Even the greens are more respected in parliament than Senator Conroy.
The article I linked to was dated Nov. 13.

Sounds like full speed ahead to me.

[gtc]

A silly situation but they're not the kinds of games I play anyway so I'm not overly concerned.

They aren't the games I play either but I still hope it changes soon.