12.09.2014 - 06:02 [ Techdirt ]

Thai Gov‘t Accused Of Instituting Mass Internet Surveillance… To See If You‘re Reading Anything The King Doesn‘t Like

Over in Thailand, we‘ve written about the country‘s ridiculous „lèse majesté“ laws that make it a crime to „insult“ the king. This has resulted in some crazy situations in Thailand, including having all of YouTube banned because of a single parody video, an entire chat site shut down because some people said some stuff the king didn‘t like, and a US citizen threatened with 15 years in jail over merely linking to an unauthorized biography of the king.