{"id":21,"date":"2009-04-07T10:20:00","date_gmt":"2009-04-07T10:20:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.4amexpat.com\/?p=21"},"modified":"2010-11-25T11:07:55","modified_gmt":"2010-11-25T04:07:55","slug":"slashdot-coverage-of-protecttheking-net","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.4amexpat.com\/slashdot-coverage-of-protecttheking-net\/","title":{"rendered":"Slashdot coverage of ProtectTheKing.net"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a onblur=\"try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}\" href=\"http:\/\/www.parliament.go.th\/parcy\/protecttheking\/images\/banner1.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 170px; height: 50px;\" src=\"http:\/\/www.parliament.go.th\/parcy\/protecttheking\/images\/banner1.jpg\" alt=\"\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><br \/><a href=\"http:\/\/yro.slashdot.org\/article.pl?sid=09\/04\/06\/0137250\">ProtectTheKing.net makes Slashdot<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><i>&#8220;In a move that would make the old eastern German Stasi green with envy, the Thai government has modernized a system that <a href=\"http:\/\/news.bbc.co.uk\/2\/hi\/asia-pacific\/7871748.stm\">allows citizens to snitch on fellow citizens<\/a>. &#8216;Internet users are being urged to show their loyalty to the king by contributing to a new website called protecttheking.net, which has been set up by a parliamentary committee. 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