WikiLeaks launches ThaiLeaks following government censorship
August 19th, 2010Posted by Rachel McAthy in Online Journalism, Politics
WikiLeaks has launched ThaiLeaks, a web page of downloadable ‘magnet links’ to Thailand news items, after authorities blocked citizen access to the main website yesterday.
The whistleblower announced the launch of the new page today on Twitter. It said even if the new page is blocked citizens will still be able to access information through the links which “can be sent in e-mails, instant messages, even printed on paper, in order to keep information flowing”.
According to a report by the Bangkok Post, government officials said access was blocked on “security grounds”.
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