{"id":132,"date":"2007-09-06T10:05:00","date_gmt":"2007-09-06T10:05:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.4amexpat.com\/?p=132"},"modified":"2010-11-25T11:07:58","modified_gmt":"2010-11-25T04:07:58","slug":"thais-celebrate-in-the-streets-as-youtube-access-is-restored","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.4amexpat.com\/thais-celebrate-in-the-streets-as-youtube-access-is-restored\/","title":{"rendered":"Thais celebrate in the streets as YouTube access is restored"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a onblur=\"try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}\" href=\"https:\/\/blog.4amexpat.com\/uploaded_images\/youtubeprotest-720520.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer;\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.4amexpat.com\/uploaded_images\/youtubeprotest-720315.jpg\" alt=\"\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><span id=\"intelliTxt\"><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>The Thai ban, which has been in place for the last five months, hit YouTube after contentious video clips of the country\u2019s King Bhumibol Adulyadej were posted on its pages. 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