Authorities in Thailand have resorted to emergency powers to restrict access throughout the country to the whistleblowing site Wikileaks, citing security reasons.
The order is from a government entity set up to monitor political unrest and oversee the response, according to a spokeswoman at the Ministry of Information and Communication Technology.
“Access to this website has been temporarily suspended under the 2005 emergency decree,” she told AFP.
The move is part of a broader row surrounding an increased amount of Internet censorship in Thailand. The ICT claims to have blocked 1,340 websites since April for security reasons.
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