News broke yesterday that the Thai government plans to control the Internet in the country with a system that closely resembles the Great Wall of China. The Thai government plans to set up a "single Internet gateway" that would allow them to control all information entering and leaving the country. With the new system, the government would not need to ask ISPs to block sites, but be able to do themselves - allowing ISPs and users without control. This proposal also includes changes to the existing laws related to Internet, which makes her even more far reaching.
Thailand imposed moderate Internet censorship in the past, which content selection limits, including pornography and references to the royal family. Censorship in the country increased in 06 when the Royal Thai Army overthrew the government.
Another "Great Firewall" in Asia would be very dangerous to have in place system. It would greatly limit the flow of information in and out of Thailand, and impose restrictive censorship on people in the country. As a company that is fighting for a free and open Internet experience for users worldwide, we are not happy to hear this news. We will look closely to see how things are progressing
Update - October 5, 2015
The Pheu Thai Party, "the majority coalition party "Thailand has spoken out against the proposed Thai Great Firewall, or a single Internet gateway. the party believes that more system have negative impacts, including giving officials the power to block websites, threats to freedom increased expression and slowed Internet connections or even a total collapse of service if the bridge was overloaded.
It was also reported that the players of Thailand are fighting against the project, and launched an attack coordinated DDoS several government websites last week. It sparked a public response riding Minister of information, who has tried to reassure the citizens of the new bridge was designed to have positive effects, such as speed faster and cost reductions
update - June 3, 2016
Thai government amend the computer crimes Act, in an attempt to strengthen capacity of censorship in the country. This includes moves "attack the encryption Web site" in the name of protecting the security and stability in the country.
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