CEOCambodiaNews wrote:Thai junta says Google removing content with royal insults

Deputy Prime Minister Prajin Juntong said he met with Google representatives in Bangkok on Friday. Google affirmed in the meeting that it would continue to help the government remove content from YouTube, a Google subsidiary, that it deemed offensive, he said.
"If any website is inappropriate they said to get in touch with them and inform them of the URL and the time the content was found," Prajin told reporters.
That conforms with Google's practice around the world, Alphbet Inc's Google says...
http://www.channelnewsasia.com/news/asi ... 26984.html

Thai authorities continue their efforts to control "insulting" websites:
Thai Government asks Google, Youtube and FaceBook to Join Forces’ to Block Sites
BANGKOK – According to Google Thailand almost 100 web addresses on the popular video-sharing site YouTube have been blocked over the past four days for insulting the monarchy, the result of what the government is calling a “joint blocking effort.”

In addition another 380 web addresses, or URLs, on Google, are in the process of being blocked, a government official responsible for monitoring and blocking inappropriate content online said.

The Government source said the Junta was also planning to invite representatives of Facebook this week to discuss ways to strengthen cooperation in blocking users that post content or comments insulting the monarchy.

“Approximately 30-40 URLs with inappropriate content have been blocked per day since last week, compared with an average of two to 10 before we started working together,” the source said...
http://www.chiangraitimes.com/thai-gove ... sites.html

Online surveillance and prosecutions have surged alongside the rising anxiety about the king's demise.The authorities are pulling out all the stops to increase their control over internet content.

Thailand: Fears grow as online surveillance leads to alarming spike in arrests
28th October 2016
Over the past two years, prosecutions under Thailand’s Computer Crime Act (CCA) have risen to severe and troubling numbers. As the arrests build, it has become obvious that government agencies are using the CCA to threaten and block “dissenting” voices under the vague law.

Human rights group Fortify Rights obtained information indicating that there have been 399 convictions in 2016 to date under the CCA. The numbers are startling in their recent increase when comparing prosecutions in previous years. The figures skyrocketed; from just six in 2011 to 13 in 2012, 46 in 2013, 71 in 2014, 321 in 2015 and finally 399 now...
https://asiancorrespondent.com/2016/10/ ... e-arrests/

Thoughtful article from The Diplomat:

The Darker Side of Thai Royalism
While most Thais mourn their late king with decorum, a sinister ultra-royalism rears its ugly head.
By James Buchanan
October 26, 2016
http://thediplomat.com/2016/10/the-dark ... -royalism/

Interesting! I saw on the news today that the Thai Prince (The man who would be King)(the same prince with youtube videos of Foo-Foo's pool party with a less than dressed princess) is now out of the country. He must have missed his home in Europe or is it he missed Foo-Foo's replacement.