Great Firewall of Thailand

[johng]

Thailand’s military government has ordered the creation of a great firewall of Thailand to control the flow of information on the Internet.

General Prayuth’s cabinet ordered the ICT and Justice Ministries and the National Police Department to set up a single internet gateway in order to control inappropriate websites and to control the flow of information into the country from overseas via the internet.

read more

http://www.telecomasia.net/blog/content/general-happiness-orders-great-firewall-thailand#.VgIQnIbjvOU.twitter

and here

http://prachatai.org/english/node/5485?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter

Edited September 23, 2015 by johng

[Seligne2]

This place is starting to feel like Germany 1933.

[Chicog]

Or Orwell's 1984.

[canuckamuck]

Or Orwell's 1984.

But instead of big brother it's big Pee

[Seligne2]

1984 was fiction. This is real.

[KhunBENQ]

This place is starting to feel like Germany 1933.

Disagree, feels like East Germany 1989 or China 2015.

Learn from big brother.

Did they really use a term that translates as "great wall". Unbelievable!

What I am afraid: with the known professionalism in the IT sector this project might lead to significant outages and day long interruptions.

Hard times to come.

My 8 foot satellite dish is still functioning, just have to reconnect the receiver

Edited September 23, 2015 by KhunBENQ

[Skygod2000]

1984 was meant to be a warning not a guide

[narkeddiver]

Time to start researching VPNs I guess

[metisdead]

Please continue in the Govt orders great firewall of Thailand topic.

Closed.