Chuck Bao
9/18/2010, 01:22 PM
Facebook is now officially blocked in Thailand. I get this message:
Sorry for any inconvenience.
The page you are trying to visit has been blocked by the Ministry of Information and Communication Technology.
Sorry for any inconvenience, my ***, you limp bunch of tiny dicks. (now, I hope I don't get Soonerfans banned as well).
The Thai message boards say that it was imposed 4 hours ago. They are speculating that it is related to the Red Shirt protests and the Red Shirts were using Facebook to coordinate their rallies and supporters, especially with the anniversary of the 2006 military seizure of government that threw the country into the mess that it is in now.
I know some of you don't like Facebook, but you can't deny how popular it is globally and how effective it can be. In March and April this year, Facebook had the best updates on the Red Shirt protests since the TV and radio stations (the non-banned ones) and newspapers were forced to take the side of the government.
This is just another blow for freedom. I hope that the international media picks this up. It is pissing off a lot of people here who had nothing to do with political protests - they just wanted to share their latest cute baby and dog pics with friends. And, more pissed off people is not something we really needed at this time.
Sorry for any inconvenience.
The page you are trying to visit has been blocked by the Ministry of Information and Communication Technology.
Sorry for any inconvenience, my ***, you limp bunch of tiny dicks. (now, I hope I don't get Soonerfans banned as well).
The Thai message boards say that it was imposed 4 hours ago. They are speculating that it is related to the Red Shirt protests and the Red Shirts were using Facebook to coordinate their rallies and supporters, especially with the anniversary of the 2006 military seizure of government that threw the country into the mess that it is in now.
I know some of you don't like Facebook, but you can't deny how popular it is globally and how effective it can be. In March and April this year, Facebook had the best updates on the Red Shirt protests since the TV and radio stations (the non-banned ones) and newspapers were forced to take the side of the government.
This is just another blow for freedom. I hope that the international media picks this up. It is pissing off a lot of people here who had nothing to do with political protests - they just wanted to share their latest cute baby and dog pics with friends. And, more pissed off people is not something we really needed at this time.