Thailand has publicly endorsed the Twitter’s announcement about its plans for censoring the Tweets.
Thailand’s Information and Communication Technology (ICT) Ministry said it will work with Twitter to ensure tweets disseminated in the country are in compliance with local laws, the Bangkok Post reports.
ICT permanent secretary Jeerawan Boonperm said Twitter’s move to censor or block content regarded as offensive in particular countries was a “welcome development”.
The ICT Ministry will contact Twitter shortly to discuss ways in which they could collaborate, she said.
Mrs Jeerawan added the ICT already receives “good cooperation” from companies such as Google and Facebook in ensuring that Thai laws are respected.
In the last one year the Thailand government contacted Facebook to request the removal of more than 10,000 pages that violated its lese majeste law.
Thailand’s lese majeste law prevents criticism of the country’s king and royal family and it was behind the blockage of YouTube in 2006. Once the offending videos were made unavailable in Thailand, the Google’s video sharing site YouTube was open once again in the country.
And, previously Number of Thais have been jailed for posting restricted messages on Facebook and the Internet
