Thailand Lifts Ban on YouTube
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The Thai government said today it has lifted a ban on YouTube after the Web site agreed not to allow videos that violate the countryâs laws or are deemed offensive there.
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A Turkish court ordered access to YouTube's Web site blocked on Wednesday, after a prosecutor recommended the ban because of videos allegedly insulting the founder of modern Turkey
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Thailandâs Supreme Administrative Court upheld a decision against a local broadcaster, iTV, that appeared likely to force it to close.
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Turkey banned YouTube for hosting videos "insulting the founder of modern Turkey, Mustafa Kemal Ataturk." Here's a technical guide to evading the cultural censors. In 27B Stroke 6.
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The military-installed government completed the takeover of the countryâs only independent television station, and said it would temporarily pull it off the air after it failed to pay billions of dollars in fees. The takeover was expected after the station said last week that it could not pay the fees. The government announced yesterday that it would terminate iTVâs license after the deadline had passed for paying nearly $3 billion in fines, broadcasting license fees and interest. The governmentâs move was the latest in a series of decisions that have raised concern among investors and the public about the direction of Thailandâs leaders. Others include the imposition of capital controls and new restrictions placed on foreign ownership of Thai companies. A minister in the prime ministerâs office, told reporters the station would stop broadcasting today but could resume transmission as early as Friday if government officials could resolve legal issues for new ownership.
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Thailand's interim government lifts a ban on political party activities imposed after last September's coup.
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A court ordered access to YouTube's Web site blocked Wednesday after a prosecutor recommended the ban because of videos allegedly insulting the founder of modern Turkey, Mustafa Kemal Ataturk.
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Thailand's Democrat Party is acquitted of charges of electoral fraud, which had threatened its dissolution.
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Thailand&#39;s prime minister announced yesterday that hundreds of Muslims detained after a riot in the country&#39;s restive south would be freed, in a bid to ease tensions over the deaths of 85 accused rioters - including 78 who died in military custody.
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Internet users in Morocco unable to access the video-sharing Web site YouTube since last week expressed fears Tuesday that the government has stepped up its campaign to restrict independent media.
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Thailand's military council on Sunday issued new orders intended to stave off any possible opposition to their coup, banning political activities at the district and provincial levels.
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BBC Monitoring, via sources in Bangkok, has observed that all Thai terrestrial television stations, namely Channels 3, 5, 7, 9 and 11, suspended regular broadcasts at about 1500 gmt (1600 bst, 2200 local time) and instead began carrying music videos featuring scenes of King Phumiphon Adunyadet.
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The United States on Wednesday announced a resumption of military aid to Thailand suspended in the wake of the 2006 coup, after a democratically elected government was unveiled in Bangkok.
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Thai shares bounced back from their biggest sell-off in 16 years after the government scrapped controls on foreign stock buying, but the abrupt policy U-turn shattered confidence in its economic chiefs.
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BANGKOK: A Thai criminal court yesterday found a former Australian diplomat and his American business partner guilty of distributing pornography but freed them on suspended sentences, court officials said.
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Thai shares bounced back from their biggest sell-off in 16 years on Wednesday after the government scrapped controls on foreign stock buying, but the abrupt policy U-turn shattered confidence in its economic chiefs.
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An official for Turk Telekom says the court is lifting the block on YouTube, imposed because of videos insulting to the founder of modern Turkey. By the Associated Press.