Watching BBC World News today and they started talking about the run up to the American election when suddenly up popped the famous sign " Normal Transmissions will resume shortly". (I forget the exact wording)

 

Is this still censorship or did the guy monitoring the situation drop his coffee cup on the button?

Just temporary loss of signal...then the True system automatically puts those kind of words on the screen.   I've seen it many times over the years on many channels for different types of shows....even when a tame children's cartoon movie may be playing.     Most likely just temporary signal loss....don't get carried away thinking censorship all of the time.

There were some reports that TrueVisions was looking to hire people to monitor several feeds, including BBC and Aljazeera, for unacceptable content and then press a button. I think some level of English may have been a requirement? It is most definitely censorship, at least in all the cases I've observed. Hard to believe a signal is lost, and restored, just as a story about that which cannot be discussed begins and ends?

 

I find the odd blurring of tobacco products quite strange, as is the occasional blurring of firearms. But you can show quite a few other things which are quite violent and alarming.

 

Net, net, not really TrueVisions fault per se. They're just trying to follow the Junta's broad/vague guidelines.

 

Dump true. They censor more than 3bb.

Pity True are no longer censoring the goddam awful Lifetime Channel, though

Watching BBC World News today and they started talking about the run up to the American election when suddenly up popped the famous sign " Normal Transmissions will resume shortly". (I forget the exact wording)
 
Is this still censorship or did the guy monitoring the situation drop his coffee cup on the button?

There are laws pertaining to the monarchy in Thailand and the BBC, being independent and committed to factual reporting has, recently, fallen foul of what the government expects. Hence its news broadcasts are being monitored and, to avoid a repeat, blocked from reporting current Thai news. The Daily Mail and The Economist have been similarly affected in recent years.

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