If you can read this, YOU PROBABLY AREN’T IN
If you live in
Will FACT readers please keep us informed if and when FACTsite http://facthai.wordpress.com is blocked by other ISPs. Please let us know by email: facthai@gmail.com. Please include your mobile number so we can call you back.
We need to know if KU and Buddy and perhaps other ISPs are redirecting users by transparent proxy to http://w3.mict.go.th, as is TOT.
The fact that THREE ISPs are now blocking FACTsite indicates that the blocking order did, in fact, come from MICT and is not just an ISP decision.
This means that probably more ISPs will start to block FACTsite as the MICT ”request” is implemented by them. Some may be inefficient and not get around to blocking; others may simply ignore MICT’s “request”.
It is HIGHLY unlikely that MICT sought a court order to block FACTsite. Therefore, we have a good basis for a court case. FACT would like to become the second legal website in
In any case, the first step is a letter of complaint to MICT and the three ISPs. We shall also get on the phone to all four on Monday.
Can some FACT readers please let us know if FACT’s RSS feed is still sending to subscribers?
Thanks for your help and support. FACT readers should use proxies and VPN till we get a new, mirrored website up. (This is the same way we’ll continue to post.)
Freedom Against Censorship Thailand (FACT) has prepared a formal letter of complaint to send to Ranongruk Suwanachee, ICT minister, and the CEOs of the three ISPs:
Freedom Against Censorship
กลุ่มเสรีภาพต่อต้านการเซ็นเซอร์แห่งประเทศไทย
April 25, 2009
WITHOUT PREJUDICE
Formal Letter of Complaint Over Website Blocking
Cease and Desist Order
It has been brought to our attention that, on April 25, 2009, the WordPress blogsite of Freedom Against Censorship Thailand (FACT) http://facthai.wordpress.com was inaccessible to subscribers of the Telephone Organisation of Thailand’s ADSL Internet service (2009.04.25 13:07; 2009.04.25 17:15; 2009.04.25 17:33; 2009.04.25 21:49), Kasetsart University (2009.04.25 14:32), and Buddy Broadband (2009.04.26 02:16). Our website was apparently accessible from many other ISPs in
Freedom Against Censorship Thailand (FACT) is a non-political, non-partisan, public non-governmental organisation providing information on censorship issues in
I am FACT’s coordinator and registered owner of FACT’s websitehttp://facthai.wordpress.com.
If the ICT ministry and/or TOT is blocking FACT’s website http://facthai.wordpress.com, we require you to provide a copy of the court order authorising censorship of our website along with complete reasons for such censorship. If there is no such court order, the ICT ministry and/or TOT is acting illegally under the requirements of the Computer-Related Crimes Act 2007 and must immediately restore access to our website by all Internet users.
Should you fail to provide us with the relevant court orders and reasons for blocking FACT’s website, we will take legal action against you.
We expect your prompt reply and the removal of any block against FACT’s website.
Sincerely,
CJ Hinke
http://facthai.wordpress.com
telephone. +66-7-976-1880 email. facthai@gmail.com
Source: FACT - Freedom Against Censorship Thailand
