Thailand: YouTube blocked because of video about king

 On Wednesday, the Thai government ordered the immediate blocking of the popular internet portal YouTube. The reason: a video in which King Bhumibol was made fun of.  
As the SDA reported on Wednesday, anyone who clicked on the YouTube web address in Thailand was automatically redirected to the Ministry of Information website. The Asian country has extremely strict lèse-majesté legislation. This was also experienced by a Swiss man at the end of March, who was sentenced to ten years in prison after he defaced public portraits of the king with paint while drunk.