Mong Palatino

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I'm a Filipino activist. I write for UPI-Asia Online. I blog at www.mongpalatino.motime.com. I am currently in California.

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26 July 2010

Southeast Asia: Sex and web censorship

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Regulating internet content today is viewed as an anti-democratic practice but Southeast Asian governments seem able to justify it by invoking the need to save the young from the scourge of indecent sexual behavior.

8 March 2009

Thailand: Web director arrested for “allowing offensive comments”

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Prachatai web director Chiranuch Premchaiporn was arrested by police yesterday for “disseminating lese majeste content on the website.” To put it in another way, she was arrested for allowing comments on the website which the police deemed as offensive to the monarchy. Chiranuch is now out on bail.