A Curious Omission In The News Section

[otherstuff1957]

There are a couple of interesting stories about censorship and the LM law in the Bangkok Post, but nothing, except for a brief mention of Da Torpedo's sentencing, in the TV News section.

Is it just that similar stories have not appeared in the Nation? Or is TV discouraging discussion of these controversial topics for fear that the comments might go too far?

Recently, the Government has said that they want to spend 400 million baht implementing a LI (Lawful Intervention) system that will monitor & censor all "unlawful website content". The Government has also blocked 60,000 websites in the past 3 months, as compared to 73,000 websites blocked during the 3 years that the Democrats were in power. Is this just a case of bureaucracy that is out of control? Or is this the official policy of the Yingluck Administration?

It would be interesting to be able to discuss these things, but, unless I'm just missing them, there is no open topic for these issues in the News SubForum.

[soundman]

From Thai Visa forum rules.

31) Bangkok Post do not allow quotes from their news articles or other material to appear on Thaivisa.com. Neither do they allow links to their publications. Posts from members containing quotes from or links to Bangkok Post publications will be deleted from the forum. Please note that this is a decision by the Bangkok Post, not by Thaivisa.com and any complaints or other issues concerning this rule should be directed to them. Quotes from and links to Phuketwan are also not allowed and will also be removed. In special cases forum Administrators or the news team may use these sources.

I think that may answer your question re: Bangkok Post.

[craigt3365]

Recently, the Government has said that they want to spend 400 million baht implementing a LI (Lawful Intervention) system that will monitor & censor all "unlawful website content". The Government has also blocked 60,000 websites in the past 3 months, as compared to 73,000 websites blocked during the 3 years that the Democrats were in power. Is this just a case of bureaucracy that is out of control? Or is this the official policy of the Yingluck Administration

I think this answers your other question. And one GOOD reason discussions like this get shutdown quickly.