The last development in this story took place over a month ago, so here’s a little refresher: several videos on YouTube insulted the king of Thailand, and that country’s government responded by blocking the site. It also threatened to sue, but that plan was abandoned, and the ban has now been lifted, as well.
Google Apologizes, Thailand Drops Lawsuit
Quite a line was forming up, but it appears there’s now one less organization in the world that wants to sue YouTube; since the video-sharing site decided to take down clips in which the king of Thailand was insulted, the Thai government has dropped its criminal lawsuit.
Google Apologizes, Thailand Drops Lawsuit
Thailand Lawyers Up In Anti-YouTube Crusade
About a month ago, the government of Thailand blocked YouTube; all of YouTube was inaccessible in all of Thailand, and the ban has remained in place all this time. But that apparently wasn’t enough: Thailand now intends to sue the video-sharing site.
YouTube Tossed Out Of Thailand
In September of 2006, the elected government of Thailand was overthrown. In April of 2007, YouTube was shown the door. That’s right – YouTube has (yet again) been banned in an entire country.
Reuters Thailand Rides the Cisco Express
Cisco announced the today the worldwide news agency called Reuters deployed Thailand’s Internet Protocol (IP) telephony site in Thailand with 700 Cisco IP Phone 7960Gs, Cisco IP Phone 7940Gs and Cisco Wireless IP Phone 7920s.