Thailand tries to block WikiLeaks website

Date: 
30 August 2010
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BANGKOK—Thai authorities have used emergency powers to restrict access to the WikiLeaks whistleblower website on security grounds, an official said Wednesday, fanning controversy over Internet censorship.

The order came from the government unit set up to oversee the response to political unrest that rocked the nation's capital earlier this year, said a spokeswoman at the Ministry of Information and Communication Technology (ICT).

"Access to this website has been temporarily suspended under the 2005 emergency decree," she said.

Some users, however, reported that they were still able to access WikiLeaks within the kingdom.

Source: 
Inquirer.net

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