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Article: Thailand blocks pornographic websites.
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- United Press International
- Article date:
- November 29, 1999
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BANGKOK, Nov. 26 (UPI)
Thai police said Friday they had blocked access to several Web sites. The sites had been showing sexually explicit pictures along with the superimposed faces of some of the country's most famous movie stars and models.
The commander of the police department's Criminal Suppression Department, Major General Assawin Khwanmuang, said he had received ``good cooperation'' from 17 internet service providers in shutting down the offending Web sites.
This week three of Thailand's most famous film stars, including a former Miss Thailand, filed complaints that their pictures were being placed on the bodies of nude models on ...