30. See Article 19, Freedom of Expression and the
Media in Thailand, December 2005, at 38. The 1997
Constitution has since been abrogated. Council for
Democratic Reform, Announcement no. 3,
September 17, 2006.
31. See Freedom Against Censorship Thailand Web site,
http://facthai.wordpress.com, (accessed April 4,
2007).
32. U.S. Department of State, Country Reports on
Human Rights Practices 2006: Singapore, at 1.e.,
2.a., 2.d., 3, http://www.state.gov/g/drl/rls/hrrpt/
2006/78790.htm.
33. Bangkok Post, “Defamation law being misused,
seminar told,” January 10, 2005, http://www.
asiamedia.ucla.edu/article.asp?parentid=19333.
34. South China Morning Post, “Newspaper sues
Internet bloggers for defamation,” January 19, 2007,
reprinted at http://www.asiamedia.ucla.edu/
article.asp?parentid=61629.
35. In August 2003, CERT-IN issued an order to ISPs to
block the mailing list kynhun on Yahoo! Groups
belonging to the militant outfit Hynniewtrep National
Liberation Council. See http://pib.nic.in/archieve/
lreleng/lyr2003/rsep2003/22092003/r2209200314.html.
36. See Korea Internet Safety Commission,
http://www.icec.or.kr/.
37. The Irrawaddy Online, “Something is better than
nothing,” April 2, 2004, http://www.irrawaddy.org/
art/2004/april01.html.
38, See Shivam Vij, “The discreet charms of the nanny
state,” National Highway, October 2006,
http://www.shivamvij.com/2006/10/the-discreetcharms-of-the-nanny-state.html.
39. Reporters Without Borders, “Internet increasingly
resembles an Intranet as foreign services blocked,”
July 4, 2006, http://www.rsf.org/article.php3?id_
article=18202; The Irrawaddy, “Junta blocks Google
and Gmail,” June 30, 2006, http://www.irrawaddy.
org/aviewer.asp?a=5924.
40. See Cherian George, “One country, two systems; for
how long?” http://singaporemedia.blogspot.com/
2007/03/one-country-two-systems-for-how-long.html
41. U.S. Department of State, Country Reports on
Human Rights Practices 2006: Singapore, at 2.a.,
http://www.state.gov/g/drl/rls/hrrpt/2006/78790.htm.
42. See Malaysia Multimedia Super Corridor Web site,
http://www.msc.com.my/msc/rollout_status.asp.
43. See, for example, Star Online, “Government looking
at gaps in Printing Act,” July 27, 2006,
http://www.thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=/200
6/7/27/nation/14961817&sec=nation (“The
Government will study if the Printing Presses and
Publications Act should be amended to include the
electronic media and the Internet media.”)
44. Malaysian Communications Multimedia Act of 1998,
§ 211(1). See Reme Ahmad, “Case revives debate of
freedom of speech versus the right to redress,” The
Straits Times, January 20, 2007.
45. BBC News, “Taleban outlaw Internet,” July 13, 2001,
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/1437852.stm.
46. Terence Lee, “Internet control and auto-regulation in
Singapore,” Surveillance & Society 3(1): 74–95.
http://www.surveillance-and-society.org/
articles3(1)/singapore.pdf.
47. Electronic Frontiers Australia, Internet Censorship:
Law & Policy Around the World (2002),
http://www.efa.org.au/Issues/Censor/cens3.html#sk.
48. See, for example, Han Chae-yun and Yi Huso, “Onagain and off-again: Korean on/off-line LGBTQ/Iban
community blocked,” The Sungkyun Times,
September 2002, http://web.skku.edu/~sktimes/
251/society.html.
49. Esther Pan, “China’s angry peasants,” Foreign
Council on Foreign Relations, http://www.cfr.org/
publication/9425/#4; International Freedom of
Expression eXchange, “Beijing imposes new
blackout on village shootings,” http://www.ifex.org/
alerts/layout/set/print/content/view/full/71219/.
50. See EastSouthWestNorth blog, at
http://www.zonaeuropa.com/20060112_1.htm.
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Media in Thailand, December 2005, at 38. The 1997
Constitution has since been abrogated. Council for
Democratic Reform, Announcement no. 3,
September 17, 2006.
31. See Freedom Against Censorship Thailand Web site,
http://facthai.wordpress.com, (accessed April 4,
2007).
32. U.S. Department of State, Country Reports on
Human Rights Practices 2006: Singapore, at 1.e.,
2.a., 2.d., 3, http://www.state.gov/g/drl/rls/hrrpt/
2006/78790.htm.
33. Bangkok Post, “Defamation law being misused,
seminar told,” January 10, 2005, http://www.
asiamedia.ucla.edu/article.asp?parentid=19333.
34. South China Morning Post, “Newspaper sues
Internet bloggers for defamation,” January 19, 2007,
reprinted at http://www.asiamedia.ucla.edu/
article.asp?parentid=61629.
35. In August 2003, CERT-IN issued an order to ISPs to
block the mailing list kynhun on Yahoo! Groups
belonging to the militant outfit Hynniewtrep National
Liberation Council. See http://pib.nic.in/archieve/
lreleng/lyr2003/rsep2003/22092003/r2209200314.html.
36. See Korea Internet Safety Commission,
http://www.icec.or.kr/.
37. The Irrawaddy Online, “Something is better than
nothing,” April 2, 2004, http://www.irrawaddy.org/
art/2004/april01.html.
38, See Shivam Vij, “The discreet charms of the nanny
state,” National Highway, October 2006,
http://www.shivamvij.com/2006/10/the-discreetcharms-of-the-nanny-state.html.
39. Reporters Without Borders, “Internet increasingly
resembles an Intranet as foreign services blocked,”
July 4, 2006, http://www.rsf.org/article.php3?id_
article=18202; The Irrawaddy, “Junta blocks Google
and Gmail,” June 30, 2006, http://www.irrawaddy.
org/aviewer.asp?a=5924.
40. See Cherian George, “One country, two systems; for
how long?” http://singaporemedia.blogspot.com/
2007/03/one-country-two-systems-for-how-long.html
41. U.S. Department of State, Country Reports on
Human Rights Practices 2006: Singapore, at 2.a.,
http://www.state.gov/g/drl/rls/hrrpt/2006/78790.htm.
42. See Malaysia Multimedia Super Corridor Web site,
http://www.msc.com.my/msc/rollout_status.asp.
43. See, for example, Star Online, “Government looking
at gaps in Printing Act,” July 27, 2006,
http://www.thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=/200
6/7/27/nation/14961817&sec=nation (“The
Government will study if the Printing Presses and
Publications Act should be amended to include the
electronic media and the Internet media.”)
44. Malaysian Communications Multimedia Act of 1998,
§ 211(1). See Reme Ahmad, “Case revives debate of
freedom of speech versus the right to redress,” The
Straits Times, January 20, 2007.
45. BBC News, “Taleban outlaw Internet,” July 13, 2001,
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/1437852.stm.
46. Terence Lee, “Internet control and auto-regulation in
Singapore,” Surveillance & Society 3(1): 74–95.
http://www.surveillance-and-society.org/
articles3(1)/singapore.pdf.
47. Electronic Frontiers Australia, Internet Censorship:
Law & Policy Around the World (2002),
http://www.efa.org.au/Issues/Censor/cens3.html#sk.
48. See, for example, Han Chae-yun and Yi Huso, “Onagain and off-again: Korean on/off-line LGBTQ/Iban
community blocked,” The Sungkyun Times,
September 2002, http://web.skku.edu/~sktimes/
251/society.html.
49. Esther Pan, “China’s angry peasants,” Foreign
Council on Foreign Relations, http://www.cfr.org/
publication/9425/#4; International Freedom of
Expression eXchange, “Beijing imposes new
blackout on village shootings,” http://www.ifex.org/
alerts/layout/set/print/content/view/full/71219/.
50. See EastSouthWestNorth blog, at
http://www.zonaeuropa.com/20060112_1.htm.
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