I can't copy/paste the article. It's in today's Bangkok Post.
The thrust of it states that the new law will introduce severe penalties for anyone trying to get around government censors to access the tens of thousands of blocked websites.
The bill will regard as a crime the intention to withhold IP addresses and introduce severe penalties for those who do.
Penalties will apply to all illegal acts using the internet, including those carried out abroad and deemed to "damage the country both directly and indirectly".
New "cyber crime" law.
Thailand gets new cyber crime law
By Supichaya Rakbua
The chief immediate effect of the new bill will be to outlaw any attempt to get around government censors to access any of the tens of thousands of sites censored for moral or political purposes, or "to damage the country".
The government pushed the new law by saying it hopes the bill will provide an effective legal tool to fight cyber crime, including theft of data and chatroom contacts that lead to rape.
The National Legislative Assembly approved the Cyber Crime Bill, which gives officials power to crack down effectively on hacking and internet-related crimes through harsher punishments.
The bill sailed through its third reading on Wednesday by a vote of 119 to 1. It requires royal endorsement before it can be formally enacted into law.
The bill regards as a crime the intention to withhold internet protocol (IP) addresses and violators are subject to severe punishment, according to the NLA special committee assigned to scrutinise the law.
The IP is a unique address used to identify computer users while communicating with others on the network. However, the committee said, "ill-intentioned users" often hide or falsify their computer addresses so that they can easily carry out illegal acts and get away with them.
The committee believed tighter controls on IP addresses would help tackle the root cause of cyber problems.
Penalties apply to all illegal acts using the internet, including those carried out abroad and deemed to "damage the country both directly and indirectly".
I tell you this country will be like China or Burma in terms of internet access before we know it. Goodbye freedom of choice.
By Supichaya Rakbua
The chief immediate effect of the new bill will be to outlaw any attempt to get around government censors to access any of the tens of thousands of sites censored for moral or political purposes, or "to damage the country".
The government pushed the new law by saying it hopes the bill will provide an effective legal tool to fight cyber crime, including theft of data and chatroom contacts that lead to rape.
The National Legislative Assembly approved the Cyber Crime Bill, which gives officials power to crack down effectively on hacking and internet-related crimes through harsher punishments.
The bill sailed through its third reading on Wednesday by a vote of 119 to 1. It requires royal endorsement before it can be formally enacted into law.
The bill regards as a crime the intention to withhold internet protocol (IP) addresses and violators are subject to severe punishment, according to the NLA special committee assigned to scrutinise the law.
The IP is a unique address used to identify computer users while communicating with others on the network. However, the committee said, "ill-intentioned users" often hide or falsify their computer addresses so that they can easily carry out illegal acts and get away with them.
The committee believed tighter controls on IP addresses would help tackle the root cause of cyber problems.
Penalties apply to all illegal acts using the internet, including those carried out abroad and deemed to "damage the country both directly and indirectly".
I tell you this country will be like China or Burma in terms of internet access before we know it. Goodbye freedom of choice.
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[quote="Norseman"]Arai na? Who is actually damaging the country?
Internet can be a powerful tool, even to the military forces, but somebody has to teach them before they close it all.
Demo[b]cracy[/b]?[/quote]
agree with the statement posted by Norseman I do too!
I sometimes send E - mails with News pages pasted 1 to 1 from another News website that you can't reach in Thialand. Does that mean I could land in Jail for just sending my friend an E - mail with that contend frpm abroad?
I getting worried aboot Thailand and it's Democracy even more!
Internet can be a powerful tool, even to the military forces, but somebody has to teach them before they close it all.
Demo[b]cracy[/b]?[/quote]
agree with the statement posted by Norseman I do too!
I sometimes send E - mails with News pages pasted 1 to 1 from another News website that you can't reach in Thialand. Does that mean I could land in Jail for just sending my friend an E - mail with that contend frpm abroad?
I getting worried aboot Thailand and it's Democracy even more!
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The disturbing thing is that many repressed countries in the region, including China, are slowly opening up and improving or becoming more "democratic", whereas Thailand seems to be going in the opposite direction. Chinese internet censors are still strong but as the powerhouse strives to become the worlds most powerful economy it will have little choice if it wishes to embrace technology as India has.
Another sad fact seems to be that the politicians making these decisions in Thailand really do not understand the internet, therefore they fear it and want to block it from public access. This will only push the struggle further "underground" as the new generation of Thai graduates that need the internet will find ways to circumnavigate these draconian laws just as they are doing in China.
Another sad fact seems to be that the politicians making these decisions in Thailand really do not understand the internet, therefore they fear it and want to block it from public access. This will only push the struggle further "underground" as the new generation of Thai graduates that need the internet will find ways to circumnavigate these draconian laws just as they are doing in China.
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Times have always been changing, they just seem to be changing faster and in the wrong direction these days.Rider wrote:The times are a-changing i fear...
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Bangkok-In what looks like the end of a month-long slugfest between Google and the Thai government, the Information and Communications Ministry has decided to drop charges against Google after the latter officially informed it will remove all YouTube video clips deemed 'insulting' to His Majesty, King Bhumibol Adulyadej.
Information and Communications Minister for Thailand, Sitthichai Pookaiyaudom, said he had received an official letter from Kent Walker, a Google Vice President, stating that Google will remove 'controversial' Internet video clips from its video sharing Web site, YouTube.
The letter conveyed that Google did not want to encourage any wrongful act, or promote feelings of hostility over the video clips depicting His Majesty in poor light, Pookaiyaudom said.
The letter, according to Pookaiyaudom, said it would take time to find all video clips uploaded to YouTube, but that they would be removed immediately after being spotted.
Pookaiyaudom lauded the letter as a good sign, because of which the ministry decided to ultimately withdraw the criminal lawsuit that it was otherwise planning to file against Google today.
The minister did however add that it is now left up to the Thai police whether or not to proceed with 'lese majeste' charges against Google.
Meanwhile, after Google's letter saying they would remove the 'offensive' clips from YouTube, the Bangkok Post yesterday reported that up until last evening, there was no sign of activity to initiate removing of the clips from YouTube.
The first video clip defaming the King appeared on YouTube last month. It was taken down within 3 days of appearance, and the offender was banned from the site. Despite blocking of the site thereafter, 'offensive' videos continued to appear on YouTube.
At the time, Pookaiyaudom had said the video clips are an offence to the feelings of the Thais - something that foreigners would never understand.
Techtree India.
Information and Communications Minister for Thailand, Sitthichai Pookaiyaudom, said he had received an official letter from Kent Walker, a Google Vice President, stating that Google will remove 'controversial' Internet video clips from its video sharing Web site, YouTube.
The letter conveyed that Google did not want to encourage any wrongful act, or promote feelings of hostility over the video clips depicting His Majesty in poor light, Pookaiyaudom said.
The letter, according to Pookaiyaudom, said it would take time to find all video clips uploaded to YouTube, but that they would be removed immediately after being spotted.
Pookaiyaudom lauded the letter as a good sign, because of which the ministry decided to ultimately withdraw the criminal lawsuit that it was otherwise planning to file against Google today.
The minister did however add that it is now left up to the Thai police whether or not to proceed with 'lese majeste' charges against Google.
Meanwhile, after Google's letter saying they would remove the 'offensive' clips from YouTube, the Bangkok Post yesterday reported that up until last evening, there was no sign of activity to initiate removing of the clips from YouTube.
The first video clip defaming the King appeared on YouTube last month. It was taken down within 3 days of appearance, and the offender was banned from the site. Despite blocking of the site thereafter, 'offensive' videos continued to appear on YouTube.
At the time, Pookaiyaudom had said the video clips are an offence to the feelings of the Thais - something that foreigners would never understand.
Techtree India.
Is this the same old fart who announced to the press that he was too old to understand the internet?STEVE G wrote:At the time, Pookaiyaudom had said the video clips are an offence to the feelings of the Thais - something that foreigners would never understand. Techtree India.
Above he now indirectly calls all of us idiots. Where do they find these kind of dinosaurs? I guess only on planet Thailand, floating somewhere in far, far outer space, near the planet ignorance. Pete 
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with the above mentioned Post by Pete I do...Further more nobody is too old for the Internet if They still have the Fire and ability to learn new Things. He really comes from the planet of Ignorancia Prime!!!
A study just beeen released here in Germany says that more and more elderly people are going Online than ever before. acording to a survey by the Technical University of Berlin which make the minister point seem irrelevant.
your's the understudy!!!!
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The plot thickens. I just got an SMS alert that will probably be in the papers tomorrow that the police will now file criminal charges against the individual posters who put up the Les Majeste videos on u-tube.
This could be ground breaking stuff.....as the internet is worldwide, it could be deemed a criminal act if something is posted that is against the law in a country where the poster is/was not present...? Could stick. Maybe it will go all the way to The Hague?
Don't get me wrong. The negative images were way out of line but I can only repeat what Steve said above. Steve, my friend, I hope we have ajoining cells?
Pete 
This could be ground breaking stuff.....as the internet is worldwide, it could be deemed a criminal act if something is posted that is against the law in a country where the poster is/was not present...? Could stick. Maybe it will go all the way to The Hague?
Don't get me wrong. The negative images were way out of line but I can only repeat what Steve said above. Steve, my friend, I hope we have ajoining cells?
Pete