Thailand has blocked YouTube and several other sites 'in a crackdown on material seen as denigrating the country's monarch', reports Herald Tribune.
"We have blocked YouTube because it contains a video insulting to our king," Winai Yoosabai, head of the censorship unit at the Ministry of Communication and Information Technology, said.
Sitthichai Pookaiyaudom, the communication minister, Turkey said that they banned the site after Google refused to remove the video which demoralized their monarch. He said, “It's not about freedom of expression. People who create Web sites insulting the monarchy are abusing their rights and clearly don't mean well for the country."
This is the third country that has imposed a ban on this Google's video sharing site. The first ones to put a ban were Brazil and Turkey. Wondering what does it take to remove a video? After all removing a video could be better than being banned from a country.
Recommend this story
Navneet Kaushal, CEO PageTraffic is a trusted authority in the search engine marketing industry. He is a featured author at Web Pro News, Search Newz, Promotionworld, Website Notes, DevWebPro, SEO Article and Web Help Now among many others.
Follow Navneet Kaushal on Google +.
@pagetraffic
{ 1 comment… read it below or add one }
I know the Thais love the king but this seems a little extreme.
Sort of like when they freaked when some Man City fans had a Thai flag with Thaksin written across it. The government almost came to a halt to condemn the act.