A number of Thai ISPs have blocked the entire blogspot.com subdomain. I have reports that TOT, Hutch, and CSLoxinfo are 3 such ISPs have who blocked blogspot.com. Others have reported that True has not blocked blogspot.com. This does not appear to affect Blogger.com.
The reason from what I have been able to find out this is because MICT wanted the following websites blocked:
- saturdayvoice.no-ip.info 74.200.204.106
- shoutmix.com/?saturday
- www2.shoutmix.com/?saturday
- satradio2.myvnc.com 61.47.47.215
- satradio1.myvnc.com 203.146.127.113
- www.saturdayvoice.blogspot.com
- saturdayvoice.blogspot.com
All these website are associated with Saturday Voice Against Dictatorship. They were one of the 3 radio stations who spoke to Thaksin last week. It seems that incompetent IT staff just blocked the whole blogspot.com subdomain. I wonder if that bastion of media freedom The Nation would be willing to talk to Thaksin. Maybe we can kill two birds with one stone.
Well, for future reference learn how to use a proxy because in the current environment who knows what websites we will be able to visit.
for now, the blogger and blogspot.com domains are working ok; however, http://saturdayvoice.blogspot.com/ is blocked.
Internet anonymizers are still easy to find, though. A simple google search for Vidalia will put you on your way.
Any word on a supposed new 'Internet' law awaiting royal approval? Rumour is using proxy's and IP masks will become illegal, has anyone heard about this?
Did toxin and his cronies do this kind of thing while they were in power ? They must be more cruel than this blessed govt.
David: I am not aware that Royal Assent has been given. If time permits, I would like to take a look at the legal issues surrounding the actual Act once it is published.
Ghafar: Yes, they banned websites, but not to this extent. I am not sure how many more, but given the coup was staged to right the wrongs of the abuses of the Thaksin regime, shouldn't we hold the current government to a higher standard?