sameskybooks.org shut down
The site's forum contained comments which have been interpreted as anti-monarchy and thus could potentially be prosecuted for lese majeste. For example, some members noted that recent Thai newspaper headlines about the whole nation mourning the death of Princess Galyani Vadhana were exaggerations.
Under the terms of the Computer Crime Act, a court order is required before a website can be blocked, so MICT's actions may be illegal. Fortunately, some forum pages are still online, and a new Same Sky forum has opened at getmorestudio.com/samesky.
Labels: censorship, Thailand
2 Comments:
Hi Mat, as I know, this website was not shut down by MICT.
sameskybook.org run on some server of Net-Service Co.,Ltd (http://www.4gbhost.com/) and this server is located in a data center of Otara Co.,Ltd (www.otaro.co.th)
Otara Co.,Ltd does not want to involve in this issue. They decided that some comments on a webboard of samskybook.org are illegal then they shut the server down.
This issue is not about MICT directly, but it is about the internet cencorship law that push a pressure to companies.
Hi Om,
I realise that the site was deleted by Net Service and Otaro, but the question is: did they decide to delete it themselves, did they receive complaints from the public, or did MICT "ask" (i.e. pressure) them to delete it?
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