Junta mulls ‘Great Firewall’ for Thailand

Thailand’s junta is facing growing opposition over plans to introduce a single Internet gateway for the country to make it easier to monitor the web and block content.

Tens of thousands of people have signed a petition against the proposal, which has been dubbed the “Great Firewall of Thailand” — a play on China’s draconian Internet censorship programme — by commentators, analysts and netizens.

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