It really gets on my tit ... {alert for fountainhall - irony intended here}
Google once had a company code of behaviour that included the mantra "Don't be evil". That of course became wholly redundant when Google started to do business on the Chinese mainland. Despite Facebook's supposed commitment to friendship and followers, they also will remove any content when a government complains it transgresses their laws. Today's newspapers carry stories about how Thai ISPs have approached Facebook to remove - or have banned from access within Thailand - three naughty members. The Bangkok Post then thoughtfully lists the names of the three people
Why anyone in Thailand who cares about keeping abreast doesn't use a VPN almost by default beats me. The Opera software folks even provide a free VPN App you can download for your iPhone or Android phone. If you're physically present within Thailand you have to abide by their laws - as did the Foreign Correspondents club meeting the other day, filmed nevertheless by the police. They wanted to discuss The Strange Case of the Plaque Commemorating the 1932 Democratic Revolution Against the Absolute Monarchy. It went missing, coincidentally when all of the CCTV cameras in the area were disabled for "servicing". As a public plaque has no owner, the police claim that they are unable to investigate its theft. Seriously. That failure of will has nothing, you will understand, that those who removed it replaced with a plaque lauding the achievements of the Chakri dynasty. A complete coincidence
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