Thai government accuses Google of double standards

Thai government accuses Google of double standards

Google’s YouTube video sharing service has been blocked in Thailand since some time now. And the government has now said that they aim to continue with the ban till the time YouTube keeps hosting the clips deemed offensive to the king.

The Thai government has also accused the search engine giant of double standards. Communications minister Sitthichai Pookaiyaudoom said in a statement: “Those clips are very harsh to the feelings of Thai people and our culture, and foreigners will never understand. Google has said they have no censorship policy, but earlier agreed to censor its website in China when the same kind of dispute occurred, because China is so powerful compared to Thailand.”

Google was heavily criticized when admitted that the Chinese version of their search engine is indeed censored to meet the government’s demand. And it is well known that china is a major market for the US based companies considering it now has the second largest internet user base in the world.

Sitthichai added: “We have no other choice but to try every effort until the clips are removed. We will negotiate with Google to help us.”