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Change computer Regional settimgs to United States.

Languge - English. Every other setting to do with Languages - English or United States.

My Thai friend did it for me. without me knowing so I assumed it was unblocked! Sorry!.

I'm Kiwighost on Youtube.

I edited my vids 2 days ago.

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Seems that Youtube actually functioned for awhile for some Thais with certain internet providers, but this was most probably a fluke (so discussed at 2bangkok forum?). But remember, it has been only a month :-) since the Thai government last time promised to unblock Youtube... (but it took them only a week to find with trial and error how to block the damn thing...Unblocking seems to be much more harder to do...;))

22:37 Jun 25, 2007

Thailand to lift ban on YouTube

The Information and Communication Technology Ministry plans to ask the cabinet to waive a decree issued by the Council for National Security, earlier known as the Council for Democratic Reform, which has prohibited political websites, said ICT minister Sitthichai Pookaiyaudom.

The junta's decree, known as Order No. 5, which has banned political websites, will be lifted by the Surayud cabinet this week in order to make the people feel better now that the political situation has improved and a general election is to be held, he said.

The ICT minister who claimed to have banned only about 200 websites, 90 per cent of which featured pornography said that Thai-based internet users will again be allowed to access www.youtube.com, the popular video-sharing website, in particular, after it had been blocked for several months.

Google, the US-based parent corporation of YouTube, had offered to see to it that any lese majeste content will be kept off that website, he added.

The ministry in early April began blocking the popular video-sharing website after it showed a sequence of video clips considered insulting to His Majesty King Bhumibol Adulyadej. (TNA)

relevant links:

http://2bangkok.com/

http://www.angkor.com/2bangkok/2bangkok/forum/showthread.php?t=2497

http://etna.mcot.net/query.php?nid=30295 Degree was lifted on 3th of July but still waiting for approval? Funny, ICT can block any site when ever it wants but to unblock it mysteriously requires all kinds of approvals from different assemblies and what not...:lol:

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Again, I do not believe that Youtube did code anything.

All that seems to happen is Thai government got way to cache the whole thing and technical abilities to block individual videos...Something that they have been able to do all the time. But this is all about saving face. <disclaimer: this opinion is based on the couple of reports read from FACT and Bangkok Pundit :) I reserve the right to change my understanding when other information and more clear picture forms. :)>

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Again, I do not believe that Youtube did code anything.

All that seems to happen is Thai government got way to cache the whole thing and technical abilities to block individual videos...Something that they have been able to do all the time. But this is all about saving face. <disclaimer: this opinion is based on the couple of reports read from FACT and Bangkok Pundit :) I reserve the right to change my understanding when other information and more clear picture forms. :)>

my understanding is that certain parties in the government were not technically adept enough to block clips selectively, perhaps that is why they insisted youtube do the blocking.

(this is scuttlebutt circulating amongst media people, anyway, and must be taken as such, rather than as hard news).

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