Author Topic: Thailand Bans YouTube (Read 7664 times)

JFC · « **on:** April 06, 2007, 10:41:13 PM »

BANGKOK, April 4 — Thailand’s military-appointed government blocked access to YouTube and several other Internet sites on Wednesday in a crackdown on material that denigrates the country’s monarch.

Sounds like a real bummer for Thai comp geeks.

meatwad202 · « **Reply #1 on:** April 06, 2007, 11:01:12 PM »

That would suck, but I'm sure the tech savvy Thai nerds will be able to get around the ban somehow. Stick it to the MAN Thai citizens.

Asmodai · « **Reply #2 on:** April 07, 2007, 01:11:42 AM »

Seems a bit extreme. Censoring never really works out.

Ren · « **Reply #3 on:** April 07, 2007, 04:48:05 AM »

Oh noes, I hope my country won't do the same...
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Pornnapa Wongakanit contributed reporting.

Now I am really laughing

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Sancho · « **Reply #4 on:** April 07, 2007, 05:38:14 AM »

^ Same here. I feel sorry for some thai comp nerd but yeah, They can do something about it.

shadowstar · « **Reply #5 on:** April 07, 2007, 05:38:33 AM »

I agree, censoring sometimes just makes things worse.

And we all know the super tech-savvy dudes will find a way around this somehow

La Daphne · « **Reply #6 on:** April 07, 2007, 09:25:26 AM »

Do they not know that forbidding people to do something is just going to want to make them do it more?

The Thai computer geeks will figure something out. they are, after all, computer geeks. THEY HAVE POWERS...oh, uh, I mean, they're smart, they'll be able to work around it.

~Dan~ · « **Reply #7 on:** April 07, 2007, 02:02:45 PM »

I've had some youtube videos come up with a message saying something like "This video isn't licenced for viewing in your country." (I'm in the UK) and it won't let me watch them. I just use keepvid.com and it let's me download them!

godome · « **Reply #8 on:** April 07, 2007, 02:40:28 PM »

I hope it will unblock in a few days

I want to watch Naruto !!

bokunosonzai · « **Reply #9 on:** April 08, 2007, 06:05:02 AM »

Censorship on the internet....BLASPHEMY!!!

tempethegreat · « **Reply #10 on:** April 08, 2007, 09:11:34 PM »

i hope that my country not do that.......

nop · « **Reply #11 on:** April 09, 2007, 02:01:03 AM »

I am from Thailand. I can bypass and watch YouTube. I support the censorship of webpage insulting monarchy, however. YouTube and Google self-censorship for Communist China. Most Thai Citizen want to preserve Monarchy Institution. IF Google is fair and don't self-censorship everywhere in the world, I will accept that.
There is censorship in China, Western Germany, so internet is not for free afterall. If one shout Bomb in US, he probably will be in a lot of trouble and get deport from US.
I hope that Thai government learns to censorship individual page (about Monarchy insulting) in YouTube. I will be happy then.

daigong · « **Reply #12 on:** April 09, 2007, 02:33:38 AM »

I think Thai gov't was scared of THE EVIL SUPER VILLAIN!! PHEAR DIS CHANNEL!

http://www.youtube.com/profile?user=mcbackpack

nop · « **Reply #13 on:** April 09, 2007, 02:44:46 AM »

Well, it is not about fear or not.
My opinion is that UK monarchy was overexposed. The result is a weaken institution. So we want to control access to Thai Monarchy.
Since monarchy in Thailand has no direct power, in order for it to survive -- Constitution and Thai People must protect it. Monarchy is very beneficial to Thailand, so Thai People help protect it at this history period.

yokoso · « **Reply #14 on:** April 09, 2007, 04:23:41 PM »

So.. they seriously 'banned' youtube because of ONE video?! Isn't that just a little ridiculous?

Wouldn't it just have been easier to ban that one video?

chera · « **Reply #15 on:** April 09, 2007, 05:01:45 PM »

The saddest thing is that before this controversy, many of non-Thais didn't know anything about the Thai king or the Thai military government.

Their first exposure to both topics was the whole Youtube mess. So now we see copycats uploading similar videos making fun of the king, for no other reason other than to spite the government censors.

The government has really shot itself in the foot - it wanted to protect the monarchy, but by associating the monarchy with its own incompetent policies, it's actually aroused anger against the monarchy.

doinkies · « **Reply #16 on:** April 09, 2007, 07:16:10 PM »

Quote from: yokoso on April 09, 2007, 04:23:41 PM

So.. they seriously 'banned' youtube because of ONE video?! Isn't that just a little ridiculous?

Wouldn't it just have been easier to ban that one video?

Yeah, I understand that Thais respect their king a lot, but banning an entire site just because of one video is really going overboard IMHO...

tempethegreat · « **Reply #17 on:** April 16, 2007, 05:41:07 PM »

what the sad news.....

mckool · « **Reply #18 on:** April 17, 2007, 03:43:57 AM »

methinks those in 'need' of the old 'tube would eventually find a way...

one thing for certain, this would NOT stop the pants in thai-land to dropped! so rest assure, daigong

freakz · « **Reply #19 on:** April 19, 2007, 04:03:28 AM »

hping that it won't do in my country

banned because i videos???? does anybody have that video or the link???
wanna watch it........ what kind of video is that???