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YouTube Reaches out to Offended Thais

YouTube will try an approach more subtle than outright censorship in limiting content deemed offensive to the king of Thailand, reports Reuters.
Instead of blocking the entirety of YouTube, the video sharing site will now work to block access to individual pages containing offensive content.

Videos ridiculing the Thai monarch had been posted to the site, leading the Thai government to ban the site itself. Under the new deal, access to YouTube will be opened back up in a few days but only after the site restricts pages with the critical content.

Ridiculing or offending the Thai monarch is a serious offense in that country, punishable by years of jail time.

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