ICT to shut down 400 websites?

Bangkok Post reports that the ICT Ministry has sought court orders to shut down about 400 websites and advised ISPs to block 1,200 sites it considers a danger to national security or disturbing social order.

The ICT Ministry said that between March and August this year, it has detected more than 1,200 websites that violated the Computer Crime Act - of which 344 had content deemed insulting to the monarchy.

The ministry had also sought help from the police to bring all the violators to trial. The blocked websites included two with religious content, one video sex game and five obscene sites.

This move to shut down the websites follows the Thai governments' declaration of a state of emergency yesterday as thousands of demonstrators took to the streets to demand the government's resignation.