First it was Brazil that banned YouTube, then Turkey decided to do it, and now Thailand got in on it.
Last week after Turkey was offended by a video that insulted the founder of modern Turkey, they decided that they were going to pull the plug on one of the most popular sites on the web. They did in fact ban YouTube, but two days later they caved in and and opened it back up for the country to visit.
Shortly after, Thailand blocked the site from people in their country. It only lasted from Friday to Saturday, but rumor says it was because a video appeared which showed Thailand’s ex-Prime Minister Thaksin. According to Mashable, Thaksin was removed from his role as Prime Minister by the Thai military, and the extra media attention that he was getting was the reason for the ban.
It’s amazing that countries are dealing with these issues by jumping the gun and banning them altogether. So far, as quick as YouTube is banned, the ban is then lifted. It’s like banning YouTube is becoming a trend which just pushes more publicity to the videos that cause the ban in the first place. So, with that, which country will be next to get in on the latest trend?
Source: Thanks for the tip CoryC!
Some ISPs can still access Youtube. (I’m in Thailand)
That’s good to hear. If the ban keeps up I’m sure everyone will want the ISP you have.
you can alwais access youtube from anywhere with youtubeproxy.org
[youtubeproxy.org]
Why all this fuss about a ragg ass country called Thailand. Where a Prime Minister had thousands of so called drug dealers murdered by police, without ever getting to a court. The murdered dealers included a nine year old child. The same Prime Minister rapes the country of billions of dollars, and now lives a grand life in the UK. While back in his own country the famouus King who doesn’t know if he wants to be a king or a judge is telling the judges what they should be doing in a political case now with the court.Ah