Computer Crime Act enforced

The new Computer Crime Act, introduced on 18th July, criminalises the use of proxy servers and the publication of subversive web content.

The Act has been used to arrest Phraya Phichai (a pseudonym; his real name has not been revealed), webmaster of propaganda.forumotion.com, a forum which included anti-monarchy (thus, potentially lese majeste) comments. His website has, of course, also been blocked. Indeed, the contents of the site seem to have disappeared as well, and don't appear to be archived online, though a new forum has been established at propaganda2.forumotion.com (which is also blocked).