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    Thailand welcomes Twitter's new censorship policy

    BANGKOK (AP) — Thailand is welcoming Twitter's new policy to censor tweets in specific nations where the content might break laws.

    Technology minister Anudith Nakornthap said Monday the new policy was a "constructive" development. The Southeast Asian country routinely blocks websites with content deemed offensive to the Thai monarchy.

    Anudith said it was good that Twitter "felt responsible to cooperate with governments to make sure basic rights are not violated through the use of social media."

    Thailand's taskforce that monitors anti-monarchy content has blocked 1,156 websites since December.

    Twitter has been a tool of free speech and dissent around the world and its policy change last week ignited global outrage. The U.S. State Department credited Twitter with being upfront about the policy but reserved comment otherwise.

     

    39 comments

    • PEARL  •  3 mths ago
      Its time for someone to start a NEW twitter type site!!!! BRING IT ON!!!!!!
    • TK3  •  3 mths ago
      So much for freedom of speech !
    • Hep C  •  3 mths ago
      Thailand, where you can get a 12 year-old prostitute for 5 US dollars but you can't say bad things about the King.
    • johnSr  •  3 mths ago
      You control the media and you control the people.This is a well known fact for years.Twitter now is thinking money and not about the people who made them who they are.
    • U.S. Intelligence  •  3 mths ago
      Here in America, lets all just sit back and let them censor( and #$%$ us ) so they can steal as much $$ as they can. It is for their "retirement", ya' know, and to hxll with future generations of Americans. They are doing it now because their window of opportunity is closing. Did ya' notice they were censoring what they deemed offensive to the monarchy in thialand. Same thing is happening here in your "land of the free". Speaking out in certain ways is deemed offensive towards our monarchs too.
    • Pick  •  Gate City, Virginia  •  3 mths ago
      Hey twit, way to put money before anything else :(
    • Spawn32f  •  Wentzville, Missouri  •  3 mths ago
      hey J thanx for telling me about c-11 the canadian government is trying to take your internet away just like our government is trying to do sorry things like that is spreading everywhere eventually someday we get a normal president he can and might get things worked out for everyone in our country
    • Francis  •  3 mths ago
      Dictators always like more rules. Of course, the more rules, the harder it is to keep track of them, and the easier it is to break one.
    • Amber B  •  Duluth, Minnesota  •  3 mths ago
      At least as of right now in the US we're free to criticize our leaders, though that may change with the various censorship efforts All of you who like calling Obama a socialist muslim kenyan better really make an affort to get rid of those policies, or you're gonna end up in jail.
    • Entropy  •  Roanoke, Virginia  •  3 mths ago
      Twitter is an absolute drag anyway.
    • comment4fun  •  3 mths ago
      Coming soon the USA. SOPA and PIPA.
      • sjambok 3 mths ago
        and ACTA is already here!
      • johnny g 3 mths ago
        ACTA signed by our Great Leader HUSSEIN OBAMA!
    • no_one_really  •  St Louis, Missouri  •  3 mths ago
      All this means is there is an opportunity for someone to replace twitter for free speech, time for another site.
    • Flash  •  Cicero, Illinois  •  3 mths ago
      Nations seen what had happened in Egypt and informed the NWO to force this upon us. FIGHT.
    • BaudMon  •  Calgary, Canada  •  3 mths ago
      Censorship is a fascist tool.
    • T.REXX  •  3 mths ago
      G. Orwell's 1984
    • Someone  •  3 mths ago
      This example gives the true Republic and Democratic countries something to look forward to when they slip into dictatorship. I am sure that Hugo Chavez and other third world dictators welcomes this move by Twitter.
    • TK3  •  3 mths ago
      Big Brother marches on !
    • B  •  Bellevue, Washington  •  3 mths ago
      the magic of twitter was it was a free voice. this is the end. Everyone.. where is the uncensored replacement? sign me up! to H3ll with twitter now.
    • ؟  •  3 mths ago
      Phu(k tye-land
    • Amber B  •  Duluth, Minnesota  •  3 mths ago
      At least as of right now in the US we're free to criticize our leaders, though that may change with the various censorship efforts.
      • honorary 3 mths ago
        Thais are free to criticize the Prime Minister or other elected politicians too. Why do you want to criticize our Monarchy, he is the good King and the whole Royal family are very good and kind to their people. Your leader is just a commoner (illegal Muslim Kenyan) who wanted to destroy America, he should be criticize. Mark Twain once said "Freedom of speech is the lenght between my fist and your mouth."
      • gigy 3 mths ago
        As long as I still have som time left.For God knows how much.Just let me say I am deepley ashamed of my government.And lets put them on their knees while we still can.A start might be to have a night of crystal,and break every Mother Fing bank window that is visiable.And yes we the people invite all rightious police and military to partisapate.Ya think our gov. will get it then?
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