Shuttering the Sites.
The military government in Thailand has started to censor the Internet. In May 2007, the government passed legislation that grants wide-ranging powers to officials to record and seize computer data and personal user-identification information and to block information that it deems a threat to natio...
| Publicado en: | American Prospect Vol. 18; no. 7; pp. 49 - 51 |
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American Prospect
July/August 2007
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| Sumario: | The military government in Thailand has started to censor the Internet. In May 2007, the government passed legislation that grants wide-ranging powers to officials to record and seize computer data and personal user-identification information and to block information that it deems a threat to national security. According to media activists in Thailand and Human Rights Watch, this cybercrime law is just the latest attack on democracy in Thailand. |
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