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...

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Published in:American Prospect Vol. 18; no. 7; pp. 49 - 51
Main Author: Thrupkaew, Noy
Format: Article
Published: American Prospect July/August 2007
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