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Thai gov't doesn't see YouTube vid's humor


May 22, 2007 On April 4, Internet users in Thailand trying to access YouTube instead got a message that read: "Sorry, the Web site you are accessing has been closed by Royal Thai Police due to inappropriateness." Someone using the screen name "Paddidda" posted a video lampooning Thailand's long-serving king, Bhumibol Adulyadej, who is so beloved in his country, Westerners can hardly comprehend it unless they've traveled here. Sittichai Pokaiyaudom, who enacted the block as Thailand's Minister of Information and Communications Technology, said he had no choice: It was difficult.

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