BANGKOK: Several Thai government websites temporarily crashed due to a “symbolic act” by people against plans to introduce a single Internet gateway, officials said in a measure critics say will make it easier for the ruling junta to censor the web.
A minister stopped short of describing the incident as a cyber attack but said Thursday that it was triggered by those opposed to the proposal, dubbed by some online as the “Great Firewall of Thailand” ‑ a play on China’s draconian Internet censorship programme.
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