[dekestone]

Tried to go to 2Bangkok.com this morning and got the following:

Sorry,
The web site you are accessing has been blocked by the requested of The Communication Authority of Thailand.
For more information please contact:
The Communications Authority Of Thailand,
99 Moo 3 Chaeng Watana Road, Thung Song Hong, Laksi, Bangkok 10002

This site is not usually politically controversially, with perhaps the occasional mild criticism of the government; and certainly wouldn't be viewed as sexually offensive.

What's that all about, anyone know?

[Rags]

Yep, I was just preparing for my daily dose of 2bangkok and got the same message.

The site usually contains a good range of material from the local press that is not normally accessible to those that cannot read Thai - maybe that is what has got CAT so worried

If it's an April fool, then its a bit of a strange one....

[udon]

Try the back door here

Very strange goings on.... CAT blocking the home page of a site outsde of LoS with no sex on the site!

[dekestone]

Thanks for the link Udon. From there I was able to get into the forum where there is some discussion of the CAT blockage.

2bangkok forum

[dr_Pat_Pong]

udon, on 2005-04-01 08:44:36, said:

Try the back door   here

Very strange goings on.... CAT  blocking the home page of a site outsde of LoS with no sex on the site!
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Is it even blocked from Oz John ?

[NarrLing]

It's blocked when I try to access it here in Kuwait.

NL

This post has been edited by NarrLing: 2005-04-01 10:59

[Insight]

Yeah, looks like a prank.

It's not a divert off to another web server owing to the domain name, which is what happens when you try to access genuine blocked content.

Try this:

http://www.2bangkok.com/2bangkok/buildings...n/russian.shtml

Works fine.

Looks like the webmaster has simply changed the main page to the one you're seeing now.

Still, it got us wound up. Good one!

[george]

They are either hacked or it's done by the 2bangkok.com webmaster. Looks like only the first page is changed.

[Kerryd]

george, on 2005-04-01 08:52:23, said:

They are either hacked or it's done by the 2bangkok.com webmaster. Looks like only the first page is changed.
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I've found a couple of the pages blocked, but the forum and others work fine.

If the webmaster had updated the main page and made a mistake, you would get a "404" error, not a message from the C.A.T.

[george]

April fools joke from bangkok.com webmaster?
Excellent if that is the case.

[Darknight]

george, on 2005-04-01 07:35:27, said:

April fools joke from bangkok.com webmaster?
Excellent if that is the case.
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yep shows the same thing here in europe which normally never can be the case

[dekestone]

george, on 2005-04-01 12:35:27, said:

April fools joke from bangkok.com webmaster?
Excellent if that is the case.
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Yeah, I think I wuz punk'd!!

[bkkmadness]

It's working fine now. And where was thaivisa's april fool joke this year?

[Rags]

....Seek and yee shall find...

[bkkmadness]

ok, found it

[Camelot]

The 2bangkok.com index page is still blocked. If it's not an April Fool's joke then it's been hacked. This has happened to other local sites hosted overseas.

If it's a joke, and I hope it is, then it's gone on for long enough. Hasn't it, Ron?

[bkkmadness]

I just checked again, and definately blocked. It was fine when I checked it when I first saw this thread. What's happened there then, it's a good site as well?

[Darknight]

works from outside thailand

[sriracha john]

Cut n pasted from the now "open" website... A very poignant april fools joke in my opinio to point up the whole issue of blocked sites in Thailand. Good one there, Mr. Ron.

New 'Who took my 2Bangkok.com?' - April 2, 2005
No, we have not finally been blocked. It was April Fools Day... but thanks to all those who wrote in expressing support and offering to help! A thread on the 'blocking' is here.
Above and below are screens one gets when trying to access a blocked site from within Thailand. Recently, some blocked sites are being forwarded directly to the Royal Thai Police website (second screen below

[bkkmadness]

I'd say 2bangkok.com won the April's fool competition this year then lads.

[Camelot]

###### right. Good for them. They had me fooled, not that that's incredibly difficult. Great to see them back again.

[udon]

Quote

April Fools! I'd been planning that for year.

Thanks for your concern. Over 300 people (and still counting) wrote in expressing sympathy and support and our phones were ringing all day long. I never thought that many people would notice and take the time to let me know how they feel. I do appreciate it.

The main page is back up with some screenshots of what you get when you try to access blocked pages from within Thailand.

Best regards and thanks for reading,
Ron Morris

555555555 We've bin had