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Wikileaks, the independent website that publishes and comments on leaked documents alleging government and corporate misconduct, has apparently been blocked by the Thai government. WikiLeaks won the Amnesty International Media Award in 2009 for its reporting, and is a vital source of information for many in heavily-censored Thailand. According to 2bangkok.com, more than 50,000 websites are currently blocked in Thailand.

The Criminal Court in Thailand will begin proceedings in February 2011 against Chiranuch Premchaiporn, editor of the online news portal Prachatai, under the Computer Crimes Act. Charged with lese majeste, Ms Chiranuch faces a closed hearing without media scrutiny and up to 50 years in prison if found guilty. She was alleged to have allowed comments that constitute lese majeste on a public forum.

Under the Computer Crimes Act 2007, an accused intermediary can be penalized to the same extent as the poster.

Thai man arrested for Facebook post about monarchy (AFP)

BANGKOK — Thai authorities have arrested and charged an anti-government "Red Shirt" sympathiser for allegedly insulting the kingdom's royal family on Facebook, police said Friday.

Wipas Raksakulthai, 37, was arrested at his home in eastern Rayong province on Thursday accused of violating the country's lese majeste legislation with a posting on the social networking website last month.

According to a report in The Nation, the Cabinet is seeking to revoke the operating concession for telecommunications company Thaicom. The government is said to be dissatisfied by the failure of Thaicom to stop providing broadcasting services to some satellite television programs, presumably those operated by opposition groups.

37 companies of troops deployed to guard Thaicom earth station

A total of 37 companies of troops were deployed to guard the Thaicom satellite earth station in Pathum Thani's Lat Lum Kaeo district at 10:30 pm Friday night.

The troops came from the 9th Cavalry Division in Kanchanaburi, 2nd Cavalry Division in Bangok and the Don Mueng-based Air Defence Command.

They set up barbed wires around the station's wall and made the barriers higher than the last time.

Here's an interesting snippet from a news article published on April 9, 2010. If this article is correct, the government is now controlling the output of People TV, the mouthpiece of the red shirt anti-government movement.

People Channel was back on the air Friday afternoon, but government spokesman Panitan Wattanayagorn told The Associated Press the signal remained under government control.

"We are still controlling any news reporting that distorts facts," Panitan said.

Thai protesters storm into TV compound, claim to have reopened station shut by government
Updated 08:35 PM Apr 09, 2010

BANGKOK (AP) - Thai anti-government protesters have stormed into a telecoms company compound where authorities had shut down their vital TV channel, as soldiers and riot police failed to hold them back with tear gas and water cannons.

Dstation TV Online (ดูทีวีออนไลน์) People Channel the popular website of anti-government red shirt protesters in Thailand has now been blocked by government authorities. This move could further strain relations between the red shirt movement and the Thai government which is believed to have connections to influential groups in Thailand.

The Thai film rating system replaces the Thai Film Act of 1930. Unlike the British Board of Film Classification (BBFC) which has adopted seven distinct film certificates or rating levels, the Thai system has six rating levels plus a "banned" category.