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Thailand Closes Popular Political Web Forum

An AP newswire article by Sutin Wannabovorn, via The Globe and Mail, reports that:

The Thai government continued its Internet crackdown by ordering one of the country's most popular chat sites on Monday to shut its political forum because of postings deemed insulting to the revered monarch.

Government officials said the political chat room of the Web site pantip.com was closed Sunday. The chat room carried frequent postings that criticized the leaders of a September coup and the current military-installed government.

The closing followed the Thai government's order last week to block the video-sharing site YouTube because of clips that mocked King Bhumibol Adulyadej. YouTube's owner, Google Inc., has refused to remove the videos but has said that it is working with the Thai government to resolve the impasse.

posted by Fergie @ 4/09/2007 11:06:00 AM