Computer law 'a hindrance'

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Published: 11 Jan 2013 at 19.17
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BANGKOK - The Computer Crime Act (CCA) has become a hindrance not only to free expression but also to business innovation and entrepreneurship, say academics and computer experts.

The UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights has been closely monitoring the way the CCA is being applied, particularly in conjunction with Article 112 of the Penal Code dealing with lese majeste laws.

UIn the last five years, for example, websites deemed harmful to the royal institution and blocked under the CCA outnumber those involving other violations, such as obscene content, by more than three to one.

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nitnoi
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Discussion 4 : 11 Jan 2013 at 23.244
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I like to create two sport games and website for Thailand...one will benamed "run the track backward" the second will be named "Who want to be ignorant ostrich?" I have a strong feeling that I might get a green light from CCA of Thailand.The games will not have negative impact to Thai society because in real life Thailand play these games for decades if not for centuries. I only want to make them to computer games.
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Discussion 3 : 11 Jan 2013 at 22.323
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I still see Thai sports website advertising Gambling sites with Thai contact numbers... I wonder if this is wrong..
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Discussion 2 : 11 Jan 2013 at 22.302
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this is thai democracy..a big jock.but the elite likes it this way.keep the own people stupid and afraid. i take a picture of this page with my comment,just in case u dont show it again.because u,BP are afraid too.
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Discussion 1 : 11 Jan 2013 at 21.031
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And the problem with undermining free speech by using draconian laws to instill a climate of fear is that the resulting censorship guarantees ignorance on the censored topics, as does all censorship - we do rightly censor nuclear secrets and not allow free speech on that topic because it's good for terrorists to be ignorant on that topic, and there is no great harm in the public being equally ignorant about many nuclear secrets.

But why is Thailand intent on strictly enforcing ignorance on topics that matter so much to the Thai people?
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