Thailand Continues To Try To Mimic China With Internet Censorshi...

Courtesy Techdirt  Thu, 09/04/2008 - 07:00

In early 2007, some Thai government officials totally overreacted to a silly video making fun of Thailand's king, and banned all of YouTube.

Of course, the inevitable result wasn't that the video went away, but that it got a lot more attention both inside and outside of Thailand thanks to the futile attempt to ban it.

Since then, it's clear that Thai officials have not learned their lesson. Over and over again we've seen reports of Thailand...

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