"Ministry of Information and Communications Technology has officially set up an operations centre to monitor websites around the clock. Nearly 5,000 web pages have been found to be offensive, mostly to the throne. . .
The committee formalized the Internet Security Operations Centre (ISOC), formerly known as the ‘War Room’, to monitor inappropriate content on the internet, with officials from the ICT Ministry and other relevant agencies keeping watch 24 hours a day. A special call centre is being set up for the public to give information on inappropriate websites. . .
The ICT Minister said that the Ministry had no budget to run ISOC, and as far as she was concerned, the Telephone Organization of Thailand Plc Ltd and the Communications Authority of Thailand Plc Ltd were footing the bills, with an initial investment of 8 60-inch monitors. Hardware and software equipment come from the ‘War Room’. Currently, the MICT only pays TOT for rent.
A source at TOT said that TOT had paid 45 million baht for the renovation of the ISOC room, while the real cost should have been only 10 million baht. Now the MICT is paying TOT 1,150,000 baht a month for rent, and it is not yet clear whether the ministry will have to pay more when the ISOC room becomes fully operational."
http://www.thairath.co.th/news.php?section...;content=122209
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Is someone making money on censoring the internet ?
Started by Expattaya, Feb 06 2009 09:52 AM
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Posted 06 February 2009 - 10:17 AM
You can find an English language copy of that Thairath newspaper article at:
http://www.prachatai.com/english/news.php?id=975
If you were wondering how many of the estimated 4800 blocked websites involve lese majeste, as opposed to pornography and other things, the article breaks it down as follows:
4,683 lese majeste
98 porno
37 false advertising
I guess those numbers tell us what this is really about.
http://www.prachatai.com/english/news.php?id=975
If you were wondering how many of the estimated 4800 blocked websites involve lese majeste, as opposed to pornography and other things, the article breaks it down as follows:
4,683 lese majeste
98 porno
37 false advertising
I guess those numbers tell us what this is really about.
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Posted 06 February 2009 - 01:38 PM
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4,683 lese majeste - 98 porno - 37 false advertising
Who would ever have guessed that there was 400 times more Les Majeste than sex porn on the Thai internet. Shocking !
Hehehe.....
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Posted 07 February 2009 - 09:40 AM
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Who would ever have guessed that there was 400 times more Les Majeste than sex porn on the Thai internet. Shocking !
What I am starting to wonder is whether this censorship is crying wolf over nothing or whether these websites are the tip of the iceberg in the changing mood of the public. Whether they meant it or not, these people who are shutting down thousands of websites are creating the wrong impression.
