Unrelated. Strange events in Thailand - military govt blocking Youtube:
http://au.news.yahoo.com/070427/3/139dd.html
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<b>USA For Innovation To Send Message Thailand On Google Youtube</b>
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USA for Innovation to Release Video Message to People of Thailand Via Google YouTube Service
WASHINGTON, April 27 /PRNewswire-AsiaNet/ --
Military Regime Continues to Censor Free Speech in Thailand
USA for Innovation's Executive Director Ken Adelman will today release a message to the people of Thailand regarding the importance of innovation and concerns about the Thai Government's recent endorsement of theft of American intellectual property.
This message will be available via Google's YouTube service this afternoon beginning at 3:00pm PT at the USA for Innovation YouTube website:
http://www.youtube.com/usaforinnovation
USA for Innovation will also release a transcript of the video via press release to the more than 65 million people who access the Internet in Thailand.
In early April, Thailand's government censored all speech from YouTube, blocking access to Google's video service through controls imposed by the government's Ministry of Information and Technology.
Background on Thai government blocking access to YouTube
On September 19, 2006 a new government came to power in Thailand by military coup.
Earlier this month, the government took steps to block access to YouTube because it viewed videos presenting content related to the Thai government as offensive.
Links to a sample collection of media coverage on the Thai government's censorship of YouTube are available below:
- "YouTube Blackout Raises Concern Over Expanding Censorship in
Thailand," World Politics Watch, April 17, 2007
http://worldpoliticswatch.com/article.aspx?id=706
- "When YouTube is a Threat," International Herald Tribune,
April 22, 2007
http://www.iht.com/articles/2007/04/22/news/youtube.php
- "Thailand Persistent on Removal of YouTube Clips," The Economic Times [India], April 12, 2007
http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/articleshow 1899600.cms
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http://au.news.yahoo.com/070427/3/139dd.html
<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin--> Friday April 27, 03:16 PM
<b>USA For Innovation To Send Message Thailand On Google Youtube</b>
(Full text of a statement. Contact details below.)
USA for Innovation to Release Video Message to People of Thailand Via Google YouTube Service
WASHINGTON, April 27 /PRNewswire-AsiaNet/ --
Military Regime Continues to Censor Free Speech in Thailand
USA for Innovation's Executive Director Ken Adelman will today release a message to the people of Thailand regarding the importance of innovation and concerns about the Thai Government's recent endorsement of theft of American intellectual property.
This message will be available via Google's YouTube service this afternoon beginning at 3:00pm PT at the USA for Innovation YouTube website:
http://www.youtube.com/usaforinnovation
USA for Innovation will also release a transcript of the video via press release to the more than 65 million people who access the Internet in Thailand.
In early April, Thailand's government censored all speech from YouTube, blocking access to Google's video service through controls imposed by the government's Ministry of Information and Technology.
Background on Thai government blocking access to YouTube
On September 19, 2006 a new government came to power in Thailand by military coup.
Earlier this month, the government took steps to block access to YouTube because it viewed videos presenting content related to the Thai government as offensive.
Links to a sample collection of media coverage on the Thai government's censorship of YouTube are available below:
- "YouTube Blackout Raises Concern Over Expanding Censorship in
Thailand," World Politics Watch, April 17, 2007
http://worldpoliticswatch.com/article.aspx?id=706
- "When YouTube is a Threat," International Herald Tribune,
April 22, 2007
http://www.iht.com/articles/2007/04/22/news/youtube.php
- "Thailand Persistent on Removal of YouTube Clips," The Economic Times [India], April 12, 2007
http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/articleshow 1899600.cms
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