websites under investigation

Twenty-nine websites are currently being investigated by Thai police, due to concerns that they contain lese majeste content:

1. youtube.com/stoplesemajeste
2. 2519me.com
3. hellosiam.blogspot.com
4. rukchard.blogspot.com
5. chakridynasty.googlepages.com
6. midnightuniv.org
7. sameskybooks.org
8. prachatai.com
9. newskythailand.com
10. chupong.net
11. sapaprachachon.blogspot.com
12. pccthai.com
13. datopido.newsit.es
14. serichon.com
15. sapaprachachon.org
16. s125.photobucket.com/albums/p73/nicolejung99/?
17. weloveudon.net
18. mvnews.net
19. cptradio.com
20. thaipeoplevoice.org
21. nationsiam.com
22. arayachon.org
23. siamreview.net
24. warotah.blogspot.com
25. killerpress.wordpress.com
26. gunner2007.wordpress.com
27. tltglobal.com
28. thaijournalistdemocraticfront.com
29. secondclass111.com

A few of these twenty-nine sites are currently blocked: sameskybooks.org (accused of lese majeste earlier this month), youtube.com/stoplesemajeste (blocked since last month), and chakridynasty.googlepages.com. Despite removing contentious content, sapaprachachon.org is also blocked. Prachatai.com was briefly blocked last week, though is now accessible. Some sites have been deleted by their webmasters: gunner2007.wordpress.com, thaijournalistdemocraticfront.com, pccthai.com, and sapaprachachon.blogspot.com.

Under the terms of the Computer Crime Act, a court order is required before a website can be blocked, though ICT Minister Man Pattanothai has assured ISPs that they will face no penalties if they block 'offensive' sites. He has even admitted that, because applying for a court order would lead to accusations of censorship, he considers it better to (illegally) suppress provocative sites. (Man is the replacement for Sittichai, who resigned as ICT Minister last year.)