Govt orders great firewall of Thailand

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Govt orders great firewall of Thailand
Don Sambandaraska

BANGKOK: -- 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.

A subsequent cabinet resolution ordered the agencies to report back with any laws that would need to be enacted or amended prior to setting up the single gateway.

The order was quietly given by the Cabinet on 30 June and the follow-up order for the agencies to report back with any laws that needed amending was given by the cabinet on 4 September.

The cabinet resolution was just unearthed on social media by someone browsing the official government cabinet resolution repository.

Full story: http://www.telecomasia.net/blog/content/general-happiness-orders-great-firewall-thailand

-- Telecomasia 2015-09-23

[ChrisY1]

Oh dear.......!

A single gateway will be a disaster for Thailand....this just when they "announce" they want to enter the digital arena.

[bubblegum]

China, North Korea, Thailand

[Always18]

Yes, if any confirmation of our plans to return to live in the UK were needed - well, that's it.

[Guest]

I'm just amazed how some people think they have a moral right to tell others what to think and do.

Restricting right to information is one of the worst abuse of the powers.

[Mango Bob]

Only a country who have so much to hide would think of doing this. Example China, Iran, North Korean and Thailand.

[robblok]

crazy, real crazy.. but sex sites have been blocked for ages by Thais. This is just more of the same. Anyway people wo sell VPN will make a killing.

[baboon]

The fanbois are going to have a tough time selling this turd. When will they have an inkling that they have backed the wrong horse?

Still, this will be good....

[Laughing Gravy]

Get your VPN's ready and change them regularly.

[anon467848]

Big Brother will seriously be watching us now .

Surely this would put of investmentment by large foreign companies having slow mail, and possible snooping by the Govt.

Edited September 23, 2015 by merlin2002

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[robblok]

The fanbois are going to have a tough time selling this turd. When will they have an inkling that they have backed the wrong horse?

Still, this will be good....

Why would someone in favor of the junta agree with everything they do. Did you agree with Thaksin letting his guys bomb and kill people ?

This is just crazy and should not be done. However a simple VPN and you can access all the sites you want, or you just use the tor network.

[62strat]

Article 44 is still not enough for power for those who want absolute control of everyone and everything ...

[brewsterbudgen]

The only good thing that can possibly come from this is that it might finally wake up the Thai people to the type of government they now have, and maybe hasten its demise.

[Inn Between]

Another step backwards for Thailand.

How can people trust or have faith in this government when they do something like this in such a sneaky way? Actually, it doesn't seem to matter to this self-imposed government what the people what -- only what one person in particular wants.

[chrisinth]

I hope someone in the IT sector has the backbone to tell these people the drawbacks to this line of thought and show them the error of their ways.

IMO, in this case, this great firewall will burn.............................

[kotsak]

The proverbial crap is nearing the fan...

[baboon]

The fanbois are going to have a tough time selling this turd. When will they have an inkling that they have backed the wrong horse?

Still, this will be good....

Why would someone in favor of the junta agree with everything they do. Did you agree with Thaksin letting his guys bomb and kill people ?

This is just crazy and should not be done. However a simple VPN and you can access all the sites you want, or you just use the tor network.

Hooray! The first 'But, but Thaksin' post of the thread: A thread which is nothing to do with him or his family. Couldn't leave him out, now could we?

Edited September 23, 2015 by baboon

[phoenixdoglover]

Another day, another step backward.

[BSJ]

An interesting turn of events! As someone mentioned the new group will be " China, Iran, North Korean and Thailand"

[Bulldozer Dawn]

With luck they can have it in place before the Koh Tao verdict

[Thailand]

Perhaps they are unveiling IT at the UN?

[2fishin2]

The fanbois are going to have a tough time selling this turd. When will they have an inkling that they have backed the wrong horse?

Still, this will be good....

Why would someone in favor of the junta agree with everything they do. Did you agree with Thaksin letting his guys bomb and kill people ?

This is just crazy and should not be done. However a simple VPN and you can access all the sites you want, or you just use the tor network.

Not actually Sparky. They can block VPNs very easily if they are really serious. Contrary to popular belief, VPNs can be blocked.

[jmccarty]

This can only be good for Thailand. Stop any immoral or negative information on the internet. Get the kids back on the streets to make real immoral and negative events occur! They spend too much time on the net now anyway!

[lee b]

An interesting turn of events! As someone mentioned the new group will be " China, Iran, North Korean and Thailand"

Spying.JPG

Just to comment on your attached pic...Yes I do, the wife lol

[Thian]

Then our company can't function here anymore, so we 'll have to move to Singapore.

What's next? Thai government telling us where we can fly to and where not?

Thai even can't read english so why do they have to ban them? This will set back Thailand into the stone-age and they will loose competition with Malaysia, Indonesia, Myanmar and all other Asian country's.

Up to you Thailand.

Also the USA won't be happy with it.......

[robblok]

The fanbois are going to have a tough time selling this turd. When will they have an inkling that they have backed the wrong horse?

Still, this will be good....

Why would someone in favor of the junta agree with everything they do. Did you agree with Thaksin letting his guys bomb and kill people ?

This is just crazy and should not be done. However a simple VPN and you can access all the sites you want, or you just use the tor network.

Hooray! The first 'But, but Thaksin' post of the thread: A thread which is nothing to do with him or his family. Couldn't leave him out, now could we?

No it was an example of something I thought you would not have supported even though you support the red cause ? I just gave an example but I guess it went way over your head.

Did you agree with everything the previous government did ? I guess you did not.. Same goes for me I don't agree with everything the junta does.

I don't even agree with everything the government did that I voted in back in my home country.

But go on trying to score cheap points, I had expected more of you.

[dotpoom]

The fanbois are going to have a tough time selling this turd. When will they have an inkling that they have backed the wrong horse?

Still, this will be good....

Why would someone in favor of the junta agree with everything they do. Did you agree with Thaksin letting his guys bomb and kill people ?

This is just crazy and should not be done. However a simple VPN and you can access all the sites you want, or you just use the tor network.

I know little about these things but the article went on to say VPN's and such like will be next thing to be banned.

[2fishin2]

This can only be good for Thailand. Stop any immoral or negative information on the internet. Get the kids back on the streets to make real immoral and negative events occur! They spend too much time on the net now anyway!

You must be a thai government infiltrator

[ChrisY1]

Oh dear.......!

A single gateway will be a disaster for Thailand....this just when they "announce" they want to enter the digital arena.

Additionally,

This will certainly put a stop to any thoughts of Thailand becoming a "silicon" state.....no-one in their right mind would venture into a country that has such an controlled data system!