Daniel from Metroblogging Bangkok says,
Thailand's National Legislative Assembly approved a controversial law this week which could seriously effect how Thailand's internet users use the web. The main effect of the bill is to outlaw any attempt at bypassing government censors to access any of the thousands of sites that have been censored due to their moral or political purposes.
This single law could put Thailand in the same category as China and Burma with regards to censorship and the lack of a democratic right for free speech. (…)
This was on the cards but I was shocked at the speed it was passed.
This has SERIOUS consequences for anyone using the internet, blogging
or posting anything "someone" deems offensive. To be honest it makes
the life of a blogger impossible now, something I always feared.
Link. There's also an online petition to block the new law. (Thanks, Sean Bonner)
