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Thai Internet Website Blacklist Leaked

By DrewWilson

It may be another way to prove the futility of an internet blacklist mandated by the government. With governments like Britain and Australia pushing for blacklisting websites under the guise of "protecting the children", it seems as though the leaking of Thailand website blacklist couldn't have come at a better time. The report from Wikileaks coupled with a link to the proof that the blacklist was leaked says that over 1,203 webpages were blocked for political reasons. Of the web pages blocked, over 800 were YouTube clips as well as an additional 200 mirrors of the videos in question. Some of the videos in question were US presidential candidate campaign videos.

Full post as published by ZeroPaid on December 28, 2008 (boomark / email).