Good news & bad news.

Bad News:
CNN.com is now completely blocked by Thai (junta) government.
Try http://cnn.com/ by yourself, you will be paused for a minute, then got a *fake* error message, “504 Gateway Timeout”.

Good News:
You can still access it via proxy servers abroad,
-OR- use “Tor” router program – an efficient way to circumvent Internet censorship.

Download Tor:
http://tor.eff.org/
http://www.theonionrouter.com/

How to setup Tor (Thai):
http://facthai.wordpress.com/2006/12/09/tor-setup/

About Tor (Thai):
http://facthai.wordpress.com/2006/12/09/tor-network/

FYI, according to FACT
Official block-list by Ministry of ICT :
13 Oct 2006 = 2,475 sites
11 Jan 2007 = 13,435 sites (500% increase)

Royal Thai Police states that they block 32,500+ sites.

see more : http://facthai.wordpress.com/data/

Sign Freedom Against Censorship Thailand’s Petition
http://facthai.wordpress.com/sign/

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