Finland police unblock Thai website
22-02-08
Finland police unblock Thai website
According to Finnish newspaper Digitoday, thaimisc.com has been unblocked in Finland and removed from a child pornography blocklist containing more than 1,700 websites, many listed in error.
Thaimisc.com was, in fact, found to contain a single child porn image uploaded by a user and unnoticed by the website owners.
Yesterday, Freedom Against Censorship Thailand (FACT) threatened the Finnish government with legal action under Thailand’s strict lese majeste laws and diplomatic protest.
FACT called for severing diplomatic relations with Finland and the recall of its Thai ambassador as Finnish police blocked the thaimisc.com entry page hosting a memorial portrait of the recently-deceased King of Thailand’s elder sister, HRH Princess Galyani Vadhana.
For those who can read Finnish:
Digitoday: February 22, 2008
Krp kertoi Digitodaylle:
Prinsessa päästettiin irti poliisin sensuurista
http://digitoday.fi/yhteiskunta/2008/02/22/Prinsessa+p%E4%E4stettiin+irti+poliisin+sensuurista/20085536/66
Iltalehti: February 22, 2008
Sananvapausjärjestö: “Krp lokasi prinsessamme maineen”
http://www.iltalehti.fi/uutiset/200802227285606_uu.shtml
Both articles mention Freedom Against Censorship (FACT) for bringing awareness of this issue.
23-02-08 at 1:21
In fact the blocking is still in effect – I cannot open http://www.thaimisc.com at all.
23-02-08 at 4:13
Well Done. Pricess cannot be shield for child abuse!
23-02-08 at 8:49
the site will be blocked until next update of the censor list, whenever that happens
28-02-08 at 2:59
Site is still blocked 6 days later….
not very efficient action from the police……
16-04-08 at 6:04
You wish to sever diplomatic relations and imprison Finnish people for blocking a website that actually contained child pornography. That is interesting. I think this very poor FACT decision will come back and bite you several times in the future.
21-04-08 at 20:53
i need a website thats unblocks bebo our computers have really strong filtering cheers xx
04-05-08 at 22:51
Don’t block me, bro
18-07-08 at 19:35
Dewitt Miller,
I want all my web sites unblock.
And get in every website I could.
18-07-08 at 19:36
fuck you
26-10-08 at 20:32
Severing diplomatic relations is a total overreaction to an administrative error. FACT come across like crazys…